Republic Bangla (stylized as R. বাংলা) is a free-to-air Indian Bengali-language news channel, launched on 7 March 2021, by Arnab Goswami's Republic Media Network. The channel was announced with the slogan "Kotha Hobey Chokhe Chokh Rekhe" (কথা হবে চোখে চোখ রেখে) (we will now see eye to eye).
The channel is the third launched by Goswami, after the launches of Republic TV in English and Republic Bharat in Hindi. Goswami himself has spoken of his ambition to launch channels in all states and regional languages across India.
Hosts
The main hosts of this channel are Arnab Goswami, Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh, Swarnali Sarkar, Meenakshi Dev Biswas, Samadrita Mukherjee, Renaissance Chakraborty