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395 journalists in Bangladesh (September 2026)

395 journalists are on file in Bangladesh, 0.3% of the 127,602 on file. 181 are reporters and 139 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

395 Journalists on file
181 Reporters
139 Editors
0.77 Editors per reporter

Bangladesh has 0.77 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Bangladesh
Reporters 181 45.8%
Editors 139 35.2%
Anchors and presenters 36 9.1%
Correspondents 32 8.1%
News producers 3 0.8%
Other editorial 2 0.5%
Critics and reviewers 1 0.3%
Columnists 1 0.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

58 of the 395 journalists on file in Bangladesh carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 12 20.7%
Business 10 17.2%
Foreign affairs 6 10.3%
Culture and arts 6 10.3%
Climate and environment 4 6.9%
Politics 3 5.2%
Food 3 5.2%
Crime and courts 3 5.2%
Finance and markets 2 3.4%
Health 2 3.4%
Education 1 1.7%
Economics 1 1.7%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Bangladesh

OutletTypeJournalists in BangladeshAll journalists on file
Channel 24 Broadcasters 108 126
NTV Broadcasters 30 195
TBN24 Broadcasters 28 31
BBC Broadcasters 16 3,935
The Independent Newspapers 15 243
Bdcrictime Online outlets 13 14
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 8 1,535
Bongo Online outlets 7 10
ETV Broadcasters 7 333
Bangla TV Broadcasters 6 6
Dhaka Prokash Broadcasters 6 6
The New York Times Newspapers 6 2,168
AFP Wire agencies 6 865
Priyo Online outlets 6 6
Betevé Broadcasters 5 38
Kaler Kantho Newspapers 5 5
35mm Studio Online outlets 3 3
Asian Television Network International Ltd Cve Sat Broadcasters 3 5
Bloomberg Online outlets 3 1,785
News & Record Newspapers 3 71

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Bangladesh, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 395 journalists in Bangladesh, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/bangladesh/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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