10 more TV stations from Bangladesh

The information ministry has given provisional approval to launch 10 more private TV stations, a top government official told bdnews24.com on Monday.

The government has started giving them no-objection letters for getting on air, added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The approvals are first since the coalition government headed by Awami League took office in Jan 6 this year.

Another decision has been made to launch a terrestrial channel to air the parliament sessions, the senior official added.

The channels are Ekattur Television of Mozammel Huq Babu, Bijoy TV of Chittagong mayor A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, GTV owned by Gazi Golam Ashriar, Channel 9 of Syeda Mahbuba Akhter, Somoyer Television of Ahmed Zubair, Independent Television of Beximco Group, Machhranga Television owned by Anjan Chowdhury, ATN News of Mahfuzur Rahman, Mohona TV of Kamal Ahmed Majumder and My TV of Nasir Uddin.

Eleven private channels are already in operating other than the two run by the government–BTV and BTV World.

S; BDnew24.com