Press Information Department

Press Information Department
Abbreviation	PID
Formation	1973
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served	Bangladesh
Official language	Bengali
Website	www.pressinform.gov.bd

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, Bangladesh.^[1]^[2] It is under the Ministry of Information.^[3]

History

In August 2014, the Press Information Department ordered the press to not use the term indigenous when referring to tribal communities in Bangladesh.^[4] 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.^[5]

The Press Information Department ordered cable operators from providing foreign channels that air commercials of local companies on 3 January 2017.^[6] On 9 November 2017 the government of Bangladesh announced that all news websites would have to register with Press Information Department.^[7] The Editor's Council asked the government to exempt online newspapers from registration.^[8] Government officials hold press conferences in the Press Information Department Conference Hall.^[9]

Notable people

Khaled Belal - Bangladeshi writer and journalist and former deputy chief information officer at PID^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Press Information Department(PID)-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". pressinform.gov.bd. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "An appallingly bad idea". The Daily Star. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Govt has no list of online news portals: Inu". The Daily Star. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Unique protest by adivasis". The Daily Star. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Kamrun Nahar new Principal Information Officer". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Stop airing foreign TV channels that run local ads". The Daily Star. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Online news portals now need registration". The Daily Star. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Keep online editions out of registration". The Daily Star. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Genocide Day: Letter for int'l recognition by this month". The Daily Star. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ UNB (30 October 2023). "Veteran journalist Khaled Belal passes away". Prothomalo. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ "Veteran journalist Khaled Belal passes away - National - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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[1] "Press Information Department(PID)-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". pressinform.gov.bd. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[2] "An appallingly bad idea". The Daily Star. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[3] "Govt has no list of online news portals: Inu". The Daily Star. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[4] "Unique protest by adivasis". The Daily Star. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[5] "Kamrun Nahar new Principal Information Officer". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[6] "Stop airing foreign TV channels that run local ads". The Daily Star. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[7] "Online news portals now need registration". The Daily Star. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[8] "Keep online editions out of registration". The Daily Star. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[9] "Genocide Day: Letter for int'l recognition by this month". The Daily Star. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[10] UNB (30 October 2023). "Veteran journalist Khaled Belal passes away". Prothomalo. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

[11] "Veteran journalist Khaled Belal passes away - National - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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