Press Information Department or PID, is a government body responsible for disseminating government information to the media and a media regulatory organization. It is located in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It is under the Ministry of Information.

History

In August 2014, the Press Information Department ordered the press to not use the term indigenous when referring to tribal communities in Bangladesh. In February 2017 Begum Kamrun Nahar became the Principal Information Officer of the Press Information Department. She was the first female head of the Press Information Department. The Press Information Department ordered cable operators from providing foreign channels that air commercials of local companies on 3 January 2017. On 9 November 2017 the government of Bangladesh announced that all news websites would have to register with Press Information Department. The Editor's Council asked the government to exempt online newspapers from registration. Government officials hold press conferences in the Press Information Department Conference Hall.

References

Government departments of Bangladesh 1972 establishments in Bangladesh Mass media in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh) {{Bangladesh-org-stub