Mohona Television

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Mohona Television (Bengali: মোহনা টেলিভিশন; lit.'channel television'),[1] also known as Mohona TV, stylized as mohona tv, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable television channel. It is headquartered in Pallabi, Mirpur, Dhaka. The channel primarily broadcasts news and entertainment programming, including films and musical programming.[2][3]

CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersMirpur, Dhaka
LanguageBengali
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Mohona Television
The headquarters of Mohona Television in Mirpur
CountryBangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersMirpur, Dhaka
Programming
LanguageBengali
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerMohona Television Limited
Key peopleKamal Ahmed Majumder (chairman)
History
Launched11 November 2010; 15 years ago (2010-11-11)
Links
Websitewww.mohona.tv
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History

Member of Parliament Kamal Ahmed Majumder-owned Mohona Television was granted a broadcasting license by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, along with other privately owned Bangladeshi television channels, on 20 October 2009.[4][5] The channel commenced test transmissions on 31 July 2010, and officially began broadcasting on 11 November 2010 with the "Banglar Proticchobi" (বাংলার প্রতিচ্ছবি; lit.'The reflection of Bengal') slogan,[6][7] with the intention to promote the Bengali culture and language using newer technology.[2]

On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, Mohona Television was one of the eight television channels to broadcast the cooking series Pran Premium Ghee Star Cook in July 2014.[8] On 28 May 2017, the managing director of Mohona Television, Ziauddin Ahmed Makumder, had died.[9] Dhaka Reporters Unity condemned the attack on the headquarters of Mohona Television among other media outlets during the post-resignation violence shortly after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on 5 August 2024.[10] Mohona Television 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.[11][12]

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