Department of Films and Publications
112, Circuit House Road, Dhaka.
Phone : 88-02-8331034 ,Fax : 88-02-8331030
http://www.moi.gov.bd/dfp.htm |
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| The government organisations, which have institutional linkage with the news media, are Bangladesh Press Council, Press Institute of Bangladesh, Department of Films and Publications, Press Information Department, and External Publicity Wing. |
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| Among these, the Department of Films and Publications is engaged in bringing out government publications, registration of periodicals, distribution of government advertisements,auditing of newspaper circulation and allocation of newsprint. |
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| DFP has six separate arms to accomplish its activities. These are (1) Film (2) Publication (3) Registration (4) Advertisement (5) Audit Bureau of Circulation (6) Administration |
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| 1. Film: It is one of the important sections of DFP. The Film Section mainly accomplishes the following tasks: |
*Production of news reels
*Production of documentary
*Production of feature documents
*Production of films on peoples' awareness issues including family planning, child care, womens'development etc.
*Production of films on the activities of other organizations
*Undertake of film processing and printing works on commercial basis
*Distribution of films for exhibition both at home and abroad
*Conducting the visit of foreign film making teams in the country |
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2.Publication:*Regular Publications : (a) Monthly Nobarun (b) Sachitra Bangladesh (c) Bangladesh Quarterly
*Adhoc publications : (a) Books, booklet & folder. (b) Posters,leaflet,sticker etc.
*Advising and supervising the production of publication of other Government organizations
*Distribution of publications both at home and aboard
*Sale of journals and other publications of the department
*Participation in exhibitions of publications |
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| 3. Registration: *To receive, register, examine the catalogue and report on books and newspapers under the provisions of the Printing Press and Publication (Declaration and Registration) Act, 1973. *To monitor the trends in books, newspapers and publications printed and published in Bangladesh. *To advise the government whether any subversion is engineered in any publication to undermine the State policy and morale. *To issue clearance for newspaper titles to avoid duplication. *To prepare daily, fortnightly, annual and special reports on newspaper and periodicals for the Government. *To compile bibliographical data on books and newspapers published in Bangladesh for Government and various national and international cultural organizations. * To prepare and publish quarterly catalogues of books and annual statement of newspapers and periodicals. *To report on regularity of the publications of newspapers is and periodicals. * To distribute books and publications received from printers and publishers to different libraries. *To prosecute delinquent printers of books and newspapers violating the Printing Press and Publications (Declaration and Registration) Act, 1973 and initiate legal action against the publishers violating the Act. *To initiate action against the unauthorized printers/publishers of newspapers and periodicals printed or published in Bangladesh without any clearance for titles and authentication of Declaration. *To inspect the printing and publishing houses/organizations throughout Bangladesh for the detection of violation of the said Act, so far the books and newspapers are concerned. |
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| 4. Advertisement: *To distribute advertisements received from the Ministry of Information and to arrange their timely publications in newspapers after thorough editing on daily basis *To pay advertisement bills of newspapers after thorough scrutiny *To evaluate the implementation of the advertisement policy and follow up action through the preparation of monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual statement *To maintain liaison with newspapers and the Ministry of information in respect of advertisement policy |
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| 5. Audit Bureau of Circulation: *To conduct audit of the paid circulation of all newspapers *To construct and update the media list on a constant basis *To allocate newsprints *To fix advertisement rates |
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PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
Ministry of Information, Clinic Bhaban, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000
Phone: 7163639-43, 7163645-9, Fax: 880 2 7165942, 7165553, 7161053
Email: pid_1@bangla.net, Website: www.bdpressinform.org
The Press Information Department is entrusted with the task of press coverage of governmental activities. |
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