Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the country's national news agency was launched on January 1, 1971 within days of birth of Bangladesh as an independent country. The Dhaka bureau of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) was turned into the national news agency of the new country.
ASIA NEWS NETWORK The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in the region.
Narinjara News an e-mail news service based in Dhaka and set up by a number of Arakanese democratic activists in exile in September 2001.