Department of Films and Publications is a Bangladesh government department, under the Ministry of Information, responsible for regulating the film and publication industries. S M Golam Kibria is the Director General of the department. It is located in Circuit house road, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

History

Department of Films and Publications was established in 1971 by the government of Bangladesh in exile in Kolkata during the

Bangladesh Liberation war The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

. It is the government regulatory department that provides licenses for publications and films. It is also responsible for publishing and producing work on the

history of Bangladesh Civilisational history of Bangladesh previously known as East Bengal, dates back over four millennia, to the Chalcolithic. The country's early documented history featured successions of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms and empires, vying for region ...

. Newspapers, magazines, and other publications are registered with the department. It is responsible for

Bangladesh Film Archive Bangladesh Film Archive is an independent institution that is the national film archive of Bangladesh and preserves films, commercials and other visual medias produced in Bangladesh. It is located in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The arch ...

, responsible for archiving films made in Bangladesh. On 1 March 2017,

Bangladesh Betar Bangladesh Betar ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বেতার; ), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After t ...

announced that they would work with Department of Films and Publications to produce programs for radios in Bangladesh that would highlight the development activities of the government.

References

Government departments of Bangladesh 1971 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka {{Bangladesh-org-stub