Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha(BSS) is thenews agencyofBangladesh.BSS was established on 1 January 1972 by theGovernment of Bangladeshsoon after theBangladesh Liberation War.[1]Mahbub Morshed is the current managing director and chief editor of the agency.[2][3]
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Native name | বাংলাদেশ সংবাদ সংস্থা (বাসস) |
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| Company type | National News Agency |
| Industry | News agency |
| Founded | January 1972 |
| Headquarters | Dhaka,Bangladesh |
Key people | Mahbub Morshed (Managing Director and Chief Editor) |
| Website | bssnews |
History
editNews agencies or wire services have been in existence in present-day Bangladesh from before its independence. NotablyReutershad branches in different parts ofBritish IndiaincludingBengal.[4]The state-ownedAssociated Press of Pakistan(APP) started functioning in Pakistan as the first local and national news agency from September 1949. It had its head office inKarachiand it covered the thenEast Pakistanwith two branches inDhakaandChittagong.[4]
AfterBangladesh Liberation War,the APP operations of East Pakistan were taken over by forming the state owned news agency called Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).[4]Under the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Ordinance of 1979, a board of directors runs the agency.[5]Beginning with the head office in Dhaka and a bureau in Chittagong, BSS now has bureaus inRajshahi,Rangpur,Bogra,Khulna,Barishal,RangamatiandSylhetand has its correspondents in all the 64districtsof the country.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012)."News Agencies".InSirajul Islam;Miah, Sajahan;Khanam, Mahfuza;Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.).Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh(Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust,Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.ISBN984-32-0576-6.OCLC52727562.OL30677644M.Retrieved27 November2024.
- ^"Managing Director and Chief Editor's Profile".BSS.Archived fromthe originalon 22 May 2018.Retrieved19 July2016.
- ^আবুল কালাম আজাদ বাসস’র ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক.banglanews24.com(in Bengali). 3 February 2014.Retrieved20 November2019.
- ^abcBanerjee, I.; Logan, S (2008).Asian Communication Handbook 2008.AMIC. p. 110.ISBN978-9814136105.
- ^Banerjee, I.; Logan, S (2008).Asian Communication Handbook 2008.AMIC. p. 132.ISBN978-9814136105.
- ^"BSS PROFILE".Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.Retrieved1 January2024.