Mohona Television
Bangladeshi television channel
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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]
The headquarters of Mohona Television in Mirpur | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Mirpur, Dhaka |
| Programming | |
| Language | Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mohona Television Limited |
| Key people | Kamal Ahmed Majumder (chairman) |
| History | |
| Launched | 11 November 2010 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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]
Programming
Gallery
- Newsroom
- News Presenter Roksana Choudhury
- News room