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part of the wider £500m of annual savings and reinvestment to make the [a] BBC digital-led [platform],” the BBC announced on October 30.

The decision will lead to the closures of around 382 posts.

BBC Bangla Radio broadcast began with a 15-minute weekly programme on October 11, 1941, and launched its website in 2005.

It proposed moving seven more language services to digital-only, modelling the success of others, which are already offering purely digital services and performing well with audiences. This means that nearly half of all 41 language services will be digital only.