Community
Radio for Development: Voices for the voiceless
14 Community Radio
Stations are going to On Air 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.
Ministry
of Information, Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh has approved
2 more Community Radio Initiators for installation and operation of community
radio in Bangladesh on 20 May, 2010. Now total 14 Community Radio Stations
are going to On Air first time in Bangladesh.
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.