BBC Bangla

BBC Bangla was launched on 11 October 1941 with a 15-minute programme under the BBC World Service. BBC Bangla's headquarters used to be Bush House, but since 2012, it has been broadcast from Broadcasting House in London as well as from BBC bureaux in Dhaka and Kolkata. On 31 December 2022, BBC Bangla officially ceased broadcasting on radio after 81 years of service, following the Parikrama program. Despite this, it continued its existence on television and the internet. ==Broadcasting==

The programmes of BBC News Bangla are broadcast on their website, television, social media sites like Facebook and YouTube. BBC Bangla reaches over a million Bengali speaking people. Its radio and online services have listeners from many Bengali communities including those in Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. ==Programming==

BBC News Bangla mainly focuses on news-based daily programming and political news. They also broadcast entertainment programmes, sports news, news analysis, and discussion about daily newspapers' lead stories. In addition, they respond to and discuss messages and opinions from the audience. Broadcasts on FM Radio BBC Bangla stopped its radio broadcasts on December 31, 2022, after 81 years of service. • Dhaka - FM 100 • Kolkata - FM 90.4 • Barisal - FM 105 • Comilla - FM 103.6 • Cox's Bazar - FM 100.8 • Thakurgaon - FM 92 • Chittagong - FM 88.8 • Rangpur - FM 88.8 • Rajshahi - FM 88.8 • Sylhet - FM 88.8 • Khulna - FM 88.8 ==Bangladesh Songlap==

BBC Bangladesh Songlap () was a live programme of the BBC Bangla service broadcast in association with Bangladeshi satellite channel Channel i from 2005 to 2015 in three seasons. The main focus of this programme was questions from the general public to relevant authorities about important issues. ==See also==