BBC Bangla

BBC Bangla was launched on 11 October 1941 with a 15-minute programme under the BBC World Service.{{cite web |script-title=bn:আমাদের সম্পর্কে |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/institutional-37289764 |website=BBC Bangla |access-date=18 February 2019 |date=6 September 2016}} 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. In September 2022, BBC Bangla announced its cessation of radio broadcasts due to financial reasons.{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/09/30/bbc-bangla-to-discontinue-radio-broadcast|title=BBC Bangla to discontinue radio broadcast|date=30 September 2022|access-date=1 October 2022|work=Dhaka Tribune}}{{Cite news |date=29 September 2022 |title=BBC World Service proposes 382 post closures as part of savings |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63072977 |access-date=31 December 2022}}

On 31 December 2022, BBC Bangla officially ceased broadcasting on radio after eighty-one years of service, following the Parikrama program. Despite this, it continued its existence on television and the internet.{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Digital |date=31 December 2022 |title=BBC Bangla Radio: a voice in history goes off air tonight |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/bbc-bangla-radio-voice-history-goes-air-tonight-3209411 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |script-title=bn:বিবিসি বাংলা রেডিও’র ৮১ বছরের যাত্রা শেষ |trans-title=81 year journey of BBC Bangla Radio is over |url=https://www.abnews24.com/media/215853/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%27 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=ABNEWS24}}

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 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.

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.{{cite web |script-title=bn:সত্তরে বিবিসি বাংলা |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/62834.details |website=banglanews24.com |date=13 October 2011 |access-date=18 February 2019 |language=en}} In addition, they respond to and discuss messages and opinions from the audience.

BBC Bangla stopped its radio broadcasts on December 31, 2022, after 81 years of service.{{cite news |title=BBC Bangla radio broadcast to stop after 81 years|url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/299326/bbc-bangla-radio-broadcast-to-stop-after-81-years |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Asian Age |date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221231192943/https://dailyasianage.com/news/299326/bbc-bangla-radio-broadcast-to-stop-after-81-years |archive-date=31 December 2022 |language=en}}

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• 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{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/2012/07/000001_how_to_listen.shtml | title= How to listen |website=BBC Bangla | date= 4 July 2012 | access-date= 19 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231072850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/2012/07/000001_how_to_listen.shtml |archive-date= Dec 31, 2013 }}

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BBC Bangladesh Songlap ({{Langx|bn|বিবিসি বাংলাদেশ সংলাপ}}) was a live programme{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where-we-work/asia/bangladesh/sanglap|title = BBC Bangladesh Sanglap: Powered by people's questions}} of the BBC Bangla service broadcast in association with Bangladeshi satellite channel Channel i from 2005 to 2015 in three seasons.{{cite web |title=BBC - Debate programme Sanglap - Media Action |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where-we-work/asia/bangladesh/sanglap |website= |access-date=18 February 2019}}{{cite web |script-title=bn:চ্যানেল আইয়ের পর্দায় আসছে বিবিসি ক্লিক |url=https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9B/ |website=Channel i |access-date=18 February 2019}} The main focus of this programme was questions from the general public to relevant authorities about important issues.

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