Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
Native name
বাংলাদেশ সংবাদ সংস্থা (বাসস)
Company typeNational News Agency
IndustryNews agency
FoundedJanuary 1972
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Key people
Mahbub Morshed (Managing Director and Chief Editor)
Websitebssnews.net

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) is the news agency of Bangladesh. BSS was established on 1 January 1972 by the Government of Bangladesh soon after the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] Mahbub Morshed is the current managing director and chief editor of the agency.[2][3]

History

News agencies or wire services have been in existence in present-day Bangladesh from before its independence. Notably Reuters had branches in different parts of British India including Bengal.[4] The state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) started functioning in Pakistan as the first local and national news agency from September 1949. It had its head office in Karachi and it covered the then East Pakistan with two branches in Dhaka and Chittagong.[4]

After Bangladesh 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 in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bogra, Khulna, Barishal, Rangamati and Sylhet and has its correspondents in all the 64 districts of the country.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "News Agencies". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Managing Director and Chief Editor's Profile". BSS. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ আবুল কালাম আজাদ বাসস’র ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Banerjee, I.; Logan, S (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. AMIC. p. 110. ISBN 978-9814136105.
  5. ^ Banerjee, I.; Logan, S (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. AMIC. p. 132. ISBN 978-9814136105.
  6. ^ "BSS PROFILE". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 1 January 2024.