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Department of Films and Publications
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The Department of Films and Publications is a Bangladesh government department, under the Ministry of Information, responsible for regulating the film and publication industries.[1] Khaleda Begum is the director general of the department.[2] It is located in Circuit house road, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3][4]
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The Department of Films and Publications was established in 1971 by the government of Bangladesh in exile in Kolkata during the Bangladesh War of Independence.[5] It is the government regulatory department that provides licenses for publications and films. It is also responsible for publishing and producing work on the history of Bangladesh.[1] Newspapers, magazines, and other publications are registered with the department.[6] It is responsible for the Bangladesh Film Archive, responsible for archiving films made in Bangladesh.[7] On 1 March 2017, Bangladesh Betar announced that they would work with Department of Films and Publications to produce programs for radios in Bangladesh that would highlight the pro-development decisions of the government.[8]
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