Republic Bangla
Indian bengali-language news channel
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Republic Bangla is a free-to-air Indian Bengali-language news channel, launched on 7 March 2021, by Arnab Goswami's Republic Media Network. The channel was announced with the slogan "Kotha Hobey Chokhe Chokh Rekhe" (lit. 'We will talk eye to eye').[2]
 Logo used since 2021 | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Network | Broadcast television and online |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Programming | |
| Language | Bengali |
| Picture format | SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Key people | Arnab Goswami |
| Sister channels | Republic TV Republic Bharat Republic Kannada |
| History | |
| Launched | 7 March 2021[1] |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Live TV |
| Website | bangla |
The channel is the third launched by Goswami, after the launches of Republic TV in English and Republic Bharat in Hindi. Goswami himself has spoken of his ambition to launch channels in all states and regional languages across India.[3]
Launch
Hosts
The main hosts of this channel are Arnab Goswami, Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh,[7][8][better source needed] Swarnali Sarkar,[9][better source needed] Meenakshi Dev Biswas, Samadrita Mukherjee, Renaissance Chakraborty, Anirban Sinha and Bishakha Rudra.[citation needed]
Controversies
The interim government of Bangladesh has alleged that since the fall of the Hasina government, Republic Bangla has been broadcasting news reports against Bangladesh. Later, on 18 November 2024, a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh filed a writ petition in the High Court demanding a ban and block of their news and content within the territory of Bangladesh.[10]
