The 48th National Film Awards will be presented by Ministry of Information, Bangladesh to felicitate the best of Bangladeshi films released in the calendar year 2023.
On 15 September 2024, a 13-member jury board, chaired by the additional secretary (film) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, was announced.
The vice chairman of the now defunct Bangladesh Film Censor Board will serve as the member secretary and the director general of the Bangladesh Film Archive and the head of the film division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will also serve in the board.
Others include actor Ilias Kanchan, director Zahidur Rahman Anjan, music director Prince Mahmud, cinematographer Barkat Hossain Polash, actress Aupee Karim, and singer Nazmun Munira Nancy, S M Imran Hossain, the chair of the Department of Television, Film, and Photography at the University of Dhaka, and journalist Wahid Sujan.
[1][2] On 23 September 2024, Kanchan, resigned from the jury board, citing his shortage of time and other commitments.