Jamuna TV news

Jamuna Television (Bengali: যমুনা টেলিভিশন; in reference to the Jamuna river), commonly known as Jamuna TV, stylized as ᴊamuna|tv, is a privately owned Bangladeshi satellite and cable news and current affairs television channel. It is owned by the Jamuna Group, and was founded by the company's founder and former chairman Nurul Islam Babul in 2014.[4] The channel's headquarters are located in the Jamuna Future Park Complex at Progoti Shoroni in Baridhara. On YouTube, Jamuna Television is the most subscribed Bangladeshi YouTube channel.[5][6]

In 2002, Jamuna Television was granted an NOC certificate to broadcast for five years. They were given rights to broadcast both on terrestrial and satellite television. In 2005, without explanation, the BNP-led government revoked its broadcasting rights, and after the High Court permitted Jamuna Television to broadcast, the government appealed against the decision.[7]

Although its certificate had expired by then, the original channel began test broadcasting on 15 October 2009. The BTRC shut the channel down on 19 November after the channel had allegedly been broadcasting illegally.[4][8] In 2010, the High Court ruled that the government order to stop broadcasting of Jamuna TV was valid.[9] On 29 July 2013, the channel was once again granted a license to relaunch.[10] Jamuna Television was officially launched on 5 April 2014. British foreign correspondent Simon Dring, who was previously the managing director of Ekushey Television, joined the channel as a staff member.[11]

Jamuna Television was one of the nine Bangladeshi television channels to sign an agreement with Bdnews24.com to subscribe to a video-based news agency run by children called Prism in May 2016.[12] In December 2018, journalists working for Jamuna Television and Jugantor were attacked in Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka, injuring 10 people.[13] Jamuna Television was temporarily taken off-air during the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[14]

In January 2019, three journalists working for Jamuna Television were assaulted by eight to ten people in a rehabilitation center in Bogra. Police arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the incident