Government Printing Press () is a

Bangladesh government The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the le ...

owned official printing press.

History

Government Printing Press traces its origin to the Central Press established in 1953 by government of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

. Created as a department under the Ministry of Industries, it operated under the name of Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press, Dhaka branch. In 1971, after the Independence of Bangladesh it became the Government Printing Press. The press previously had a football team in the Third Division Football League of Bangladesh. On 10 July 2010, a staff member of Government Printing Press and another of Bangladesh Government Press were arrested for leaking recruitment question papers of teachers in Rangpur. The leak was investigated by the

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of Bangladesh Police.

References

Bangladeshi companies established in 1971 Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies of Bangladesh Government-owned companies of Bangladesh Publishing companies established in 1971 {{Bangladesh-org-stub

History

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