BSS will launch television, radio, online version

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Managing Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad said they would run television, radio and online version simultaneously like other state-run news agencies in the world.

He made the disclosure at the concluding ceremony of a five-day workshop at the National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC) in the city on Tuesday. 

Azad said that the BSS authorities have a plan to build a 14-story building, which would help the state-run news agency launching a television. 

He called upon all the BSS journalists to work sincerely applying technological knowledge.

"You should work sincerely utilizing the knowledge you gathered from the workshop on audio-visual journalism," he said. 

The NIMC organized the training programme titled 'Capacity Building Workshop on Audio-Visual News Production for BSS Journalists' from June 23 to 27.

NIMC Director General Shahin Islam presided over the concluding ceremony while its Additional Director General Faizul Haque and Director (training engineering) Md Nazrul Islam spoke at the function, among others.