Congratulations!
Best
Ashish
--- On Thu, 4/22/10, AHM Bazlur Rahman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: AHM Bazlur Rahman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Breaking News - Bangladesh : 12 Community Radio have Clearance first time in Bangladesh
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 5:20 AM
Bangladesh: 12 Community Radio have Clearance
first time in Bangladesh
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
(BNNRC), since its inception, has been advocating with the government and with
other organizations for the promotion of Community Radio to address critical
social issues at community level, such as poverty and social exclusion,
empowerment of marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic process in
decision making and ongoing development efforts.
Today
afternoon (3:15 pm ) Initially Ministry of Information, Government of
People’s Republic of Bangladesh has approved 12 Community Radio Initiators for
installation and operation of community radio in Bangladesh first time.
To
ensure free flow of information and people's right to information government
enacted Right to Information Act 2009. Community radio approval is a strong step
to empower people in this regards.
The
main objective of community radio is to provide livelihood related information
to the rural communities in an understandable way. Agriculture, education,
health, disaster, women and child issues, market price, services, etc. will be
cover in the community radio for the community people.
Initially
government approved 11 Initiators like Young Power in Action(YPSA) - Sitakunda,
Chittagong, Nalta Community
Hospital- Satkhira, LDRO- Bogra, BRAC- Moulivi Bazer, Barandro Community-Naogaon, Proyas-Chapai Nababgonj, CCD- Rajshahi, Srizoni- Jhinaidhah, EC Bangladesh- Munsihigonj, MMC- Barguna and RDRS- Kurigram.
One
government organization to install and operate Rural Radio in Amtali under
Barguna district, a rural community radio will be established by Agriculture
Information Service of the Agriculture Department of Ministry of
Agriculture.
Bazlu
_______________________
AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)
House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205
Bangladesh
Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105
E-mail: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
www.bnnrc.net
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