Bangladesh Film Censor Board

Censorship regulatory agency of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Film Censor BoardFormation| 1977

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Headquarters| Dhaka, Bangladesh

Region served

| Bangladesh

Official language

| Bengali
Website| www.bfcb.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Film Censor Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of movies and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

## History

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The censor board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules.[1] The agency is responsible for the censorship of locally produced movies and foreign imports, and acts as the registrar of film clubs in Bangladesh.[2] Martuza Ahmed, the secretary of the Ministry of Information, is the ex-officio chairman of the board.[3] In 2015, the board blocked My Bicycle, the first film in the Chakma language (a minority language) in Bangladesh.[4] It also blocked a movie about the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than a thousand garment workers died.[5][6] Another movie was banned in which the villain wore a Mujib coat, a style associated with the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b Hayat, Anupam. "Film Censorship". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
2. ^ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". www.bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
3. ^ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
4. ^ "Bangladesh's Censor Board Blocks the Country's First Chakma-Language Film". globalvoices.org. Global Voices. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
5. ^ "Bangladesh Censor Board blocks 'Rana Plaza' from cinemas". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
6. ^ "Bangladesh court bans movie on Rana Plaza factory disaster". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
7. ^ "Film banned as villain wears Mujib coat". The Daily Star. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

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Agencies and Departments under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Executives|

* Nahid Islam (Minister)
* Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker (Secretary)

Agencies and Departments|

* Bangladesh Film and Television Institute (BCTI)
* Bangladesh Press Council
* Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB)
* National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC)
* Press Information Department (PID)
* Directorate of Mass Communication
* Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC)
* Bangladesh Film Archive
* Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
* Bangladesh Television (BTV)
* Bangladesh Film Censor Board
* Bangladesh Betar (Betar)
* Department of Films & Publications (DFP)
* Information Commission (INFOCOM)

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