Media Governance

Selected Laws, Acts and Policy Documents Regulating Bangladeshi Media

The Penal Code 1860

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-11.html

The Telegraph Act, 1885

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-55.html

The Code of Criminal Procedure 1898

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-75.html

The Official Secrets Act 1923

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-132/section-7007.html

The Contempt of Court Act 1926 (Repealed)

The Contempt of Court Act 2013

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1108.html

The Foreign Relations Act 1932

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-158.html

The Wireless Telegraph Act, 1933

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-162.html

The Indecent Advertisements Prohibition Act 1963

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-333.html

Printing Presses and Publications Act 1973

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-437.html

Special Power Act 1974

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-462.html

Press Council Act 1974

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-466.html

Bangladesh Government Servants (Conduct) Rule 1979 (Repealed)

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-586.html

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006 [amended on October 6 2013] http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-950.html

Policy Guidelines for Advertisements and Supplements 2008

https://moi.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moi.portal.gov.bd/files/45265ee0_4607_4f08_9137_117d7ebdcda3/Advertisement_Guideline.pdf

Community Radio Policy 2008

https://bnnrc.net/community-media-policy-law/

Right to Information Act 2009

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1011.html

The Censorship of Films Act, 1963

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-334.html

The National Broadcast Policy 2014

https://moi.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moi.portal.gov.bd/files/a22f434a_b3f5_4931_be15_7a56494fb8df/National_Broadcasting_Policy.pdf

The Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-1261.html?lang=en

Institutions and Regulatory Bodies related to Media in Bangladesh 

Ministry of Information, Bangladesh

https://moi.gov.bd/

Bangladesh Press Council

http://www.presscouncil.gov.bd/

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

http://www.btrc.gov.bd/

Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB)

http://www.pib.gov.bd/

Other Bodies and Associations

Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO)

Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB)

National Press Club

Editors’ Council (Sampadak Parishad)

Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU)

The Editors Guild, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Community Radio Association (BCRA)

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)