United News of Bangladesh
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Native name | ইউনাইটেড নিউজ অব বাংলাদেশ |
|---|---|
| Company type | News agency |
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Website | unb |
United News of Bangladesh (Bengali: ইউনাইটেড নিউজ অব বাংলাদেশ, UNB/ইউএনবি) is a Bangladesh private sector news agency established in 1988.[1] Enayetullah Khan established UNB in the 1980s. It is the first fully digitized private wire service in South Asia.[2][3]
UNB has news exchange agreements with other major news agencies and networks, such as Associated Press, UNI, Xinhua, Kyodo, ANSA, Suomen Tietotoimisto and Rompress.
UNB is a member of international bodies such as Organization of Asian and Pacific News Agencies, Commonwealth Press Union, Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre and AsiaNet.
UNB says it has correspondents and reporters in every district of Bangladesh, and serves 20 million people daily.[3]
Farid Hossain is the editor of UNB. He has previously served as the Bangladesh bureau chief of Associated Press. He also served as the press minister at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on a two-year contract.[4]
This news agency launched in 1988, the organization collects Bangladeshi and international newspapers, periodicals, radio and television news from them.[5] UNB is organizationally affiliated with the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), member of AMIC and AsiaNet.[5] and Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).
Areas of work
[edit]UNB provides coverage of Bangladesh's news, from politics to economics, development to disasters, and more.
Recently, UNB assembled a team to provide comprehensive multimedia coverage of events occurring in Bangladesh.
See also
[edit]- List of newspapers in Bangladesh
- Mass media in Bangladesh
- Telecommunications in Bangladesh
- List of companies of Bangladesh
References
[edit]- ^ Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "News Agencies". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Bio". Enayetullah Khan. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ a b "United News of Bangladesh (UNB)". Cosmos Group. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Farid Hossain Bangladesh minister (press) in New Delhi". The Daily Star. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Helal Uddin. "সংবাদ সংস্থা". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
ইউনাইটেড নিউজ অব বাংলাদেশ (ইউএনবি) ১৯৮৮ সালে সংবাদ সংস্থাটি কার্যক্রম শুরু করে। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের অ্যাসোসিয়েটেড প্রেস (এপি) হচ্ছে এর প্রিন্সিপল সংস্থা। এটি নিজেকে সরকারি প্রভাবমুক্ত স্বাধীন দৃষ্টিভঙ্গির সংস্থা হিসেবে দাবি করে। বাংলাদেশের প্রথম কম্পিউটার ব্যবস্থিত এই সংবাদ সংস্থার নীতি নির্ধারণ ও সমস্ত কার্যক্রম তত্ত্বাবধান করে একটি পরিচালক পরিষদ।
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