The Department of Films and Publications is a Bangladesh government department, under the Ministry of Information, responsible for regulating the film and publication industries. Khaleda Begum is the director general of the department. It is located in Circuit house road, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

History

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

Bangladesh War of Independence The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

. 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 The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. The region's early history was characterized by a succession of Hindus, Hindu and Buddhism, Buddhist kingdoms and empires that fought for control over the Beng ...

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

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 Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The arc ...

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

Bangladesh Betar Bangladesh Betar (; ), 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 the independence of the country in 1971, Radio Pakis ...

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

References

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