United News of Bangladesh (, UNB/) is a
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
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private news agency
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founded by
Enayetullah Khan in 1988. It is the first fully digitized private wire service in South Asia.
UNB has news exchange agreements with other major news agencies and networks, such as
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
,
UNI,
Xinhua
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,
Kyodo,
ANSA,
Suomen Tietotoimisto and Rompress.
UNB is a member of international bodies such as
Organization of Asian and Pacific News Agencies,
Commonwealth Press Union,
Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre and AsiaNet.
UNB says it has correspondents and reporters in every district of Bangladesh, and serves 20 million people daily.
is the editor of UNB. He has previously served as the Bangladesh bureau chief of
Associated Press
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Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
. He also served as the press minister at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on a two-year contract.
This news agency launched in 1988, the organization collects Bangladeshi and international newspapers, periodicals, radio and television news from them.
UNB is organizationally affiliated with the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), the
Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), member of AMIC and AsiaNet.
and
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).
Areas of work
UNB provides coverage of Bangladesh's news, from politics to economics, development to disasters, and more.
Recently, UNB assembled a team to provide comprehensive multimedia coverage of events occurring in Bangladesh.
See also
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List of newspapers in Bangladesh
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Mass media in Bangladesh
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh
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List of companies of Bangladesh
References
External links
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News agencies based in Bangladesh
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