BBC Bangla

BBC Bangla (বিবিসি বাংলা)
	File:BBC Bangla logo.svg
Type	Radio network and website
Country	United Kingdom
Availability	International
Owner	BBC
Launch date	1941
Official website	www.bbcbangla.com

BBC Bangla (Bengali: বিবিসি বাংলা) is a foreign language service of the BBC World Service.

History

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.

Broadcasting

The programmes of BBC Bangla are broadcast on FM radio, mediumwave and shortwave, their website and their internet radio and video services. BBC Bangla reaches 13,000,000 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 Bangla mainly focuses on news-based daily programming and sports news. They also broadcast entertainment programmes, 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

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^[1]

Bangladesh Songlap

BBC Bangladesh Songlap is a live programme of the BBC Bangla service broadcast in association with Bangladeshi satellite channel Channel i. The main focus of this programme is questions from the general public to relevant authorities about important issues.