DBC News
Television channel
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DBC News (Bengali: ডিবিসি নিউজ), derived from "Dhaka Bangla",[1] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable news television channel, owned and operated by Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd.[2][3] The founder of the channel was Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury.[4][5] DBC News is headquartered in the Mohakhali neighbourhood of Dhaka.[6]
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| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Mohakhali, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd. |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 September 2016 |
| Links | |
| Website | dbcnews |
History
In 2013, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury's Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication a license to broadcast "Dhaka-Bangla Television".[1] It later received its frequency allocation in January 2015.[7] The channel was launched as DBC News on 21 September 2016, beginning with the ten o'clock morning news bulletin.[2] The launch ceremony was attended by then Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and then Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu.[4][5] In December 2019, DBC News, along with three other Bangladeshi television channels, signed an agreement with UNICEF to air programming regarding children's issues.[8]
Censorship and violence
On 27 October 2017, a motorcade of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was attacked in Feni District. The news van of DBC and other news organizations were damaged in the attack.[9] DBC News correspondent Partho Hasan was attacked by Shirhan Sharif Tomal, Bangladesh Jubo League leader and son of Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, on 29 November 2017.[10][11] Bangladesh Police closed eight members of the Detective Branch of Barisal Metropolitan Police for torturing a cameraman of DBC in Barisal on 12 March 2018.[12][13] The police team that attacked the journalist were led by sub-inspector Abul Bashar.[14][15] According to the US State Department Human Rights Report for 2017 the government of Bangladesh forced DBC news to remove a news item titled “Bangladesh’s Hasina Survives another Attempt on Her Life.” The news was sourced to a Burmese news portal.[16]
It was one of the Bangladeshi channels whose YouTube channels were geo-blocked in India on 9 May 2025, citing threat to national security concerns during the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict.[17][18]
