Printed On: Apr 16, 2026 || Published On: Nov 5, 2025
The journey of 'BTV News' begins

The post, revealing the logo of 'BTV News', said that 'BTV News' will start its journey from 7 pm today as a full-fledged news-based television channel with a new concept.
'BTV' is the world's first television in Bengali. The channel started its journey as a pilot project on December 25, 1964. In 1967, it became a state-run TV channel under the name of the then Pakistan Television Corporation and in 1972, by the order of the President (P.O. No. 115).
95 percent of the country's people can watch BTV's programs through terrestrial broadcasting facilities. Currently, various programs and news are broadcast on BTV. This time, BTV News is starting its journey as a specialized channel for news only. The post, revealing the logo of 'BTV News', said that 'BTV News' will start its journey from 7 pm today as a full-fledged news-based television channel with a new concept.
'BTV' is the world's first television in Bengali. The channel started its journey as a pilot project on December 25, 1964. In 1967, it became a state-run TV channel under the name of the then Pakistan Television Corporation and in 1972, by the Presidential Order (P.O. No. 115), it became a state-run TV channel named Bangladesh Television.
95 percent of the country's people are able to watch BTV programs through terrestrial broadcasting facilities. Currently, various programs and news are broadcast on BTV. This time, BTV News is starting its journey as a specialized channel for news only.
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