The published of Gaan Bangla Television has been suspended attributable to unpaid satellite fees.
Bangladesh Satellite Company Dinky (BSCL) made up our minds to close its transmission, confirmed Shah Ahmedul Kabir, overall supervisor of Sales and Advertising and marketing at BSCL to Prothom Alo the outdated day (11 December).
He acknowledged, “The channel owes us a necessary amount of money. No topic more than one reminders and letters, they’ve easiest made exiguous, sporadic payments. Right here isn’t sustainable. Attributable to this truth, now we have snappily disconnected their connection. If they particular the dues, we are able to restore the provider.”
He further knowledgeable that the published of Gaan Bangla TV has been off-air since 12pm the outdated day.
“Kaushik Hossain Taposh is the managing director of the organisation, and his wife, Farzana Munni, serves as the chairperson. No topic their roles, they’ve remained unreachable, and no direct communication has taken arena with them. As an different, their communication is handled by Taposh’s father, Delwar Hossain Raja. Discussions regarding the excellent dues had been held with him, where it used to be defined that the connection can also now not be maintained below the present circumstances,” he added.
He also acknowledged that a total unpaid satellite charge owed by Gaan Bangla TV quantities to Tk1 crore 60 lakh 32 thousand.
Earlier, on 4 November, Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Kaushik Hossain Taposh, singer, composer and chairman of Gaan Bangla Television, from the capital’s Uttara.
Later a Dhaka courtroom showed him arrested in a case lodged for allegedly grabbing personal channel Gaan Bangla television on 9 December.
