Press Information Department

Press Information Department or PID, is a government body responsible for disseminating government information to the media and a media regulatory organization. It is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2] It is under the Ministry of Information.[3]

Press Information Department
AbbreviationPID
Formation1973
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.pressinform.gov.bd

History

In August 2014, the Press Information Department ordered the press to not use the term indigenous when referring to tribal communities in Bangladesh.[4] In February 2017 Begum Kamrun Nahar became the Principal Information Officer of the Press Information Department. She was the first female head of the Press Information Department.[5]

The Press Information Department ordered cable operators from providing foreign channels that air commercials of local companies on 3 January 2017.[6] On 9 November 2017 the government of Bangladesh announced that all news websites would have to register with Press Information Department.[7] The Editor's Council asked the government to exempt online newspapers from registration.[8] Government officials hold press conferences in the Press Information Department Conference Hall.[9]

References
  1. "Press Information Department(PID)-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". pressinform.gov.bd. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "An appallingly bad idea". The Daily Star. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. "Govt has no list of online news portals: Inu". The Daily Star. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Unique protest by adivasis". The Daily Star. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. "Kamrun Nahar new Principal Information Officer". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "Stop airing foreign TV channels that run local ads". The Daily Star. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. "Online news portals now need registration". The Daily Star. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. "Keep online editions out of registration". The Daily Star. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. "Genocide Day: Letter for int'l recognition by this month". The Daily Star. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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