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About Membership of NBA

News Broadcasters' Alliance Society of Bangladesh (NBA) is a network of news broadcasters of Private Television & Radio of Bangladesh.

News Broadcasters' Alliance Society of Bangladesh (NBA) is a network of news broadcasters of Private Television & Radio of Bangladesh. Our membership is made up of individual News broadcasters from a wide range of organizations who give their time and expertise to development of self & other presentation. So it is a very best opportunity and easy access to tie the knot to all news anchoring & presentation society.

Membership Benefits

By becoming a member of NBA Bangladesh, you gain access to:

Networking and share views of professional & leadership experience with all news Presenters
Access to participate in international conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures, training sessions etc.
Access to dynamic off-line & online presentation & publications opportunity
Getting updates through your contact & media address for new opening of your anchoring career
Opportunity to apply for news presentation related national-international scholarships and so on

Categories of Membership

There are four categories of membership:

General
Life Time
Associate
Honorary

General Membership

Individual may apply for membership on the basis of their being defined as a working broadcaster. Individual members are encouraged to retain their membership in media trade unions and may hold membership in other professional bodies so long as those bodies’ aims are not at odds with those of NBA. Individual members pay dues and vote on an equal footing at ‘General Assembly’.

Life Time membership

By paying a specific amount set by the NBA any working presenter can apply for life time membership. The EC shall decide the amount & other eligibility criteria for lifetime membership.

Associate membership

Foreign broadcasters based in Bangladesh and in South Asia may apply for associate membership. Associate members shall have no voting rights and pay no dues and not entitled to sit in on NBA General Assembly as observers too.

Honorary membership

NBA General Assembly may decide to award honorary membership to extra ordinary broadcasters of any private electronic media including radio stations and online broadcasting platforms. Honorary members shall have no voting rights and not entitled to sit in on NBA General Assembly as observers too.

Membership Fee

Member Registration Fee: Tk. 1000/- (Taka one thousand only) payable at the time of admission.
Annual subscription: Tk. 1000/- (Taka one thousand only) payable annually, initially along with admission fee at the time of applying for membership and thereafter for each subsequent year, by 31st March of that year.

Privileges of Members

Every member of the Association shall have the following rights; which are-

To avail themselves of all the facilities offered by the Association
To display the logo of the Association in accordance with the rules pertaining to its use formulated by the EC

Membership

Terms & Condition

a) Membership of NBA is open to all “working broadcasters” who are designated as News presenter, news caster etc.

This also includes reporters, editors, desk editors, newsroom editors, news producers, newsroom researchers who also work as news presenters. News presenters and news based program anchors are eligible to achieve membership according to NBA’s set rules, terms and conditions. They must agree with NBA’s aims as set out in twelve points in section 4 of this constitution.
Presenters who have presented news in any private television channel or radio station for a period of time but not working as presenter now are also eligible for membership.
NBA reserves the right to determine who qualifies for membership. Application for membership can be allowed by the executive committee, but if refused, the applicant may appeal to ‘General Assembly’ for a final decision.

b) Application for membership of the Association will have to be made in prescribed form duly filled accompanied with all required documents and the payment of the requisite admission fees and annual subscription in force at the time.
c) The EC will examine the document as per membership criteria in force at the time.
d) The criteria for membership will be decided and may be amended from time to time by the Executive Committee of the Association;
e) The number of Members of the Association will be unlimited.
f) Fees for membership are as under:

(i) Admission fee: Tk. 1000/- (Taka one thousand only) payable at the time of admission.
(ii) Annual subscription: Tk. 1000/- (Taka one thousand only) payable annually, initially along with admission fee at the time of applying for membership and thereafter for each subsequent year, by 31st March of that year.

g) Admission fee and annual subscription once paid shall not be refunded.
h) The amount of admission fee and annual subscription may be changed from time to time by the Executive Committee.
i) Association may accept any amount of contribution, subscription or donation in either cash or kind, from organizations, corporate bodies or individuals.

Cessation of Membership

a) Membership of the Association shall be shall be suspended temporarily & even terminated:

(i) If a Member resigns.
(ii) Upon a decision of the Executive Committee for non-payment of membership fees or other dues to the Association.
(iii) For misconduct (either personal, professional, social ), fraud and/or for activities contrary to the interest of the Association as may be determined by EC, declared insolvent and/or criminal conviction by a Court having jurisdiction over such matters.

b) A Member who resigns from the Association shall have to serve 30 days notice to the President in writing. However, such resignation will not release the Member from payment of its outstanding dues to the Association.
c) A suspended Member may be readmitted if the EC so decides. A Member who lost membership due to non-payment of dues may be readmitted into the Association upon payment of dues at the time of termination.