[HCDX] Bangladesh Betar to set up 1000-kilowatt capacity transmitter

[Swopan Chakroborty <sncydx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bangladesh Betar to set up 1000-kilowatt capacity
transmitter in Dhamrai soon  
 
          SAVAR, July 11 (BSS): A 1000-kilowatt
capacity transmitter will be set up at Dhamrai soon at
a cost of Taka 650 million (65 crore) aiming at
further strengthening the transmission of Bangladesh
Betar.
This was stated by Information Minister M Shamsul
Islam who was the chief guest while inaugurating a
100-kilowatt short-wave transmitter here.
The information minister said the people of the
country would be able to change their fortune if it is
possible to reach accurate and objective information
to them as information is considered as a vital force
of democracy as well as development.
Presided over by Director General of Bangladesh Betar
AFM Matiur Rahman, the function was addressed, among
others, by Information Secretary Muhammad Haidar Ali
and Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Betar Delip Kumar
Saha.
Describing Betar as a powerful mass medium, Sahmsul
Islam said still Betar is the most effective medium to
reach information to people from all walks of life,
specially those who are living in the rural areas. 
"Betar can play an important role in building a
developed nation by airing different development
programmes on family planning and use of modern
technologies in agriculture to increase
agri-products," he said.
Recalling the past glory of Betar, he said this
state-owned organisation became an inseparable part of
our history by playing an important role during the
country's War of Independence. 
The information minister said President Ziaur Rahman
had guided the nation by proclaiming the independence
of the country from Kalurghat Betar station,
Chittagong during the country's War of Independence in
1971.
He said the government has liberalised the
transmission policy, as it believes in people's rights
to know. This liberalisation policy has helped create
positive competitiveness among the transmitting media,
he added.
The information secretary termed the information
technology (IT) is an important thing in the present
era of globalisation. 
We have to go forward with expertise in this regard to
achieve the millennium development goals, he added,
With the launching of this 100-kilowatt short-wave
transmission, the listeners of Bangladesh Betar living
abroad would be able to listen its programmes clearly.

 
Via http://www.financialexpress-bd.com

73,
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India






		
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