International Television Channel Ltd (NTV)
With the slogan ‘Somoyer Sathe Agamir Pothe’ meaning ‘heading towards the future with time’, holding Bangla language and culture close to heart, Alhaj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali on 3 July 2003 formed Bangladesh’s first automation-based private satellite television station International Television Channel Ltd (NTV). We have had our independence with massive bloodshed and immense sacrifice of human lives. People of all faiths and lifestyles took part in the Liberation War in 1971 dreaming a prosperous and non-sectarian country of their own where men and women will enjoy equal rights, and the state will be non-discriminatory with its people. The independence earned through the sacrifice of millions of people is the greatest achievement of our nation. To make the achievement meaningful, we have to carry on with the struggle to make our country a better one. Ensuring the freedom of speech, right to express intellectual thinking, and right to information are some of the key elements necessary for an ideal prosperous country. Besides, top-notch professional and moralistic journalism is another requirement.
NTV is the most popular Bengali language TV channel in Bangladesh that offers unbiased and comprehensive news and entertainment programmes.
NTV offers diverse mix of programs such as news bulletins, current affairs, talk shows, soap operas, educational, religious, politics related programs, drama, movie, reality shows and other entertainment programs.
NTV delivers its news and entertainment programs across all platforms: TV, Internet and Mobile (including apps).
NTV also broadcasts its programmes in UK, USA, Canada, Some parts of Europe, Middle East, and beyond.
NTV Online, the online news portal of the television channel was opened through a programme in Dhaka on 1 February 2015. News, views, photographs and videos are available on the website www.ntvbd.com. NTV Chairman and Managing Director Mohammad Mosaddak Ali inaugurated the news portal in a programme at BSEC Building in Dhaka at about 4:15pm on 1 February.
News, Talk Shows, Dramas, Musical programmes, Reality Shows and Fashion programmes that are shown in the television will be available on NTV Online.
Viewers from across the world now can watch NTV through the NTV Online.
The news portal can be accessed through personal computers, notebooks, net books, tablets and even smart phones.
The website has display banner, video advertising and reach media options for advertisements of local and foreign advertisers.
We, as a premier broadcaster of our country, shall adhere to highest ethical standards and values of our society.
We shall cast our news with objectivity, integrity, and absolute professionalism.
We shall present our plays, our music, our arts and our culture depicting our true and traditional cultural heritage.
We shall harness new talents from all fields of our cultural life, nurture and promote their growth, and place them forward; and we shall commit ourselves towards satisfaction of each of our viewer, worldwide, and will be responsive to their expectations.
Governing Committee
Al-haj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali
Chairman and Managing Director
Al-haj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali, a business icon in Bangladesh. He was born on 7th April 1960, in Bangladesh. He studied humanities in Dhaka University. From the very early of his life, he was active with different activities as he has a strong political background. His business life started at the mid of eighties from the establishing his own securities company and now he is one most achieved business icon in Bangladesh.
He started his business life at eighties. Since then he has built his business empire bigger and become a business icon to us. Starting from one, now a day he has numbers of companies, bank, and foreign industry. He was the chairman of one of the largest private sectors — banking sector — in the country named IFIC Bank Limited. He has played an important role in the development of the Bangladesh Capital Markets and has financed breakthrough projects in the insurance sector. He builds special relationships between the government and the private sector, invests in new and potential industrial sectors, and introduces new products and services to local industries.
He has industrial investments in a joint venture with China for manufacturing Ceramics, Steel fabrication manufacturing company, Health Care Consumer Products manufacturing company. He is the founder of most dynamic International Television Channel (NTV) and satellite television channel RTV, Bangladesh. HE is also the founder of one of the most popular Bangladeshi newspaper Amar Desh and other interests include major shareholdings in various financial institutions. The most important part of his career he is the First President of Association of Television Channel Owner’s (ATCO). Al-haj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali, is a social and friendly person. He is a very honest and religious. He is a sports-loving person and the President of Mohammedan Sporting Club, Dhaka. He is kind to the elderly people and the orphans. He is very active in internet world and very popular to the people. He is an idol to the young generation in various social networks.
Al-haj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali started his political journey in 1979. In 80’s he played a vital role for the anti-dictatorship protest. In 1991 as a Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, he also played an important role. He is an organizer of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP. As a Political Secretary, he played an important role to establish the Party. He resigned as a Political Secretary and became a Parliament Member from Ramna-Tejgaon, Dhaka-10, 2004-2006.
International Television Channel Limited (NTV) Chairman and Managing Director Al-haj Mohammad Mosaddak Ali inaugurated NTV in United States of America in 2004, 2005 in Canada, United Kingdom and Europe 2010, United Arab Emirates 2014 and Australia office in Sydney on 3, January 2015.
NTV is a Global Enterprise, which broadcast all over the world.
Other members
Mohammad Yunus
Director
Mahbuba Sultana
Director
Nuruddin Ahmed
Director
Aklima Bilkis
Director
Syeda Shamila Tabassum
Director
Md. Shahidul Haque
Director
Md. Mostafa Sarwar
Director
Md. Ashfaq Uddin Ahmed
Director