[cma-l] Bangladesh - community radio gets go ahead

[Steve Buckley]

>From: "AHM Bazlur Rahman" <ceo at bnnrc.net>
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:34:56 +0600
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>Bangladesh: 12 Community Radio have Clearance first time in Bangladesh
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Bazlu
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>AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
>Chief Executive Officer
>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC)
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>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207
>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
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>Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
>01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105
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>E-mail: <mailto:ceo at bnnrc.net>ceo at bnnrc.net, 
><mailto:bnnrc at bd.drik.net>bnnrc at bd.drik.net
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