The government has not taken any decision yet to give permission for new TV channels.
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu told the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday, replying to a question from treasury bench member Monwara Begum (reserved seat-17), reports BSS.
Inu said the government has so far given permission for 41 TV channels in the private sector.
"Now 23 TV channels are operative in the private sector and three TV channels in the public sector."
Responding to another query, Inu also said the total number of Bangla and English dailies being published in the country is now 885.
Of those, the number of Bangla daily newspapers is 819 and the number of English dailies is 66, he said.
