Community radio to help maintain dev trend: Inu

GAIBANDHA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said community radio could play a significant role in maintaining the trend of government’s development and ensuring free flow information for the grassroots people, reports BSS.“The government has taken a decision to set up community radio with the assistance of private organistions across the country to bring the marginalised people under the mainstream and to lead the nation towards the desired uplift,” the minister said.
He said this while inaugurating Radio Sarabela 98.8 FM at SKS Inn on the outskirt of the town yesterday morning as the chief guest. Chief executive of SKS Foundation Rasel Ahmed Liton presided over the function.
Deputy commissioner M Abdus Samad, superintendent of police M Ashraful Islam, director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation Dr Taposh Kumar, and chief executive officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communications AHM Bazlur Rahman were present as special guests.
Inu hoped that the new community radio would uphold the native culture and tradition side by side with giving entertainment to the people.
The community radio, he said, would speak about the hard to reach char dwellers and river erosion victims and their sorrows and it would play to change their living standard through solving their problems.
The information minister also hoped that the radio station would work to create mass awareness against terrorism and militancy. “It would help the government to implement the 10 fast track projects declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to build a middle income country by 2021 and achieve the sustainable development goal as well,” he said.
Later, the artistes of the Radio Sarabela performed songs in the function.
A large number of people including district level officials, public representatives, political leaders and NGO representative and journalists were present in the function.

 

Community radio to help maintain dev trend: Inu

GAIBANDHA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said community radio could play a significant role in maintaining the trend of governments development and ensuring free flow information for the grassroots people, reports BSS.The government has taken a decision to set up community radio with the assistance of private organistions across the country to bring the marginalised people under the mainstream and to lead the nation towards the desired uplift, the minister said. He said this while inaugurating Radio Sarabela 98.8 FM at SKS Inn on the outskirt of the town yesterday morning as the chief guest. Chief executive of SKS Foundation Rasel Ahmed Liton presided over the function. Deputy commissioner M Abdus Samad, superintendent of police M Ashraful Islam, director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation Dr Taposh Kumar, and chief executive officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communications AHM Bazlur Rahman were present as special guests. Inu hoped that the new community radio would uphold the native culture and tradition side by side with giving entertainment to the people. The community radio, he said, would speak about the hard to reach char dwellers and river erosion victims and their sorrows and it would play to change their living standard through solving their problems. The information minister also hoped that the radio station would work to create mass awareness against terrorism and militancy. It would help the government to implement the 10 fast track projects declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to build a middle income country by 2021 and achieve the sustainable development goal as well, he said. Later, the artistes of the Radio Sarabela performed songs in the function. A large number of people including district level officials, public representatives, political leaders and NGO representative and journalists were present in the function.