[UgaBYTES] [Asiapacific-general] No Objection for Establishment of 22 Community Radio from Ministry of Home in Bangladesh

[Ashish Sen]

Congratulations! Very good news!
Best
Ashish

--- On Sat, 8/8/09, AHM Bazlur Rahman <ceo at bnnrc.net> wrote:

From: AHM Bazlur Rahman <ceo at bnnrc.net>
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] No Objection for Establishment of 22 Community Radio from Ministry of Home in Bangladesh
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Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 3:50 AM



 
 


 
No Objection for 
Establishment of 22 Community Radio 
from 
Ministry of Home  in 
Bangladesh
 

 
Bangladesh 
NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is promoting the advocacy with 
the government in relations to community radio with other organizations since 
its emergence. The objective of BNNRC’s Community Radio intervention is to 
address crucial social issues at community level, such as poverty and social 
exclusion, empower marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic processes 
and ongoing development efforts. 

Community Radio is going to 
make an important place in development field in

 Bangladesh . 
Ministry of Information formulated Community Radio Installation, Broadcasting 
and Operation Policy 2008. Having prepared a complete pro-people policy for the 
first time in 
 Bangladesh and 
2nd policy in South Asia , the People’s Republic of 
 Bangladesh has 
already been widely appreciated by local, national and international bodies. 

 
In the 
meantime, Community 
 Radio 
 Academy has been established by 
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) with a view to 
building up capacity on Community Radio operation of the initiators. Under the 
initiatives of the academy training workshops, round table, seminar etc are 
being organized incessantly. 
 
It is worthy to mention here that 
opening the arena of right to information for the rural people of Bangladesh 
through establishing community radio stations under a progressive broadcasting 
policy, was declared in the Bangladesh Awami League (Ruling Party) election 
manifesto 2008 (Article No.19.1 
of  the Charter for Change).

  
    
According to 
the policy, National Regulatory Committee on Community Radio of 
Ministry Information sent 116 Community Radio applications to Home 
Ministry on 24 July, 2008 
for police verification. The Home Ministry informed the Ministry of Information 
regarding no objection for establishment of 22 Community Radio Station after the 
investigation of DGFI, NSI, and SB 3rd week of June, 2009.
   
At present, 
the reformation of National Regulatory Committee is going on under the Ministry 
of Information. After completion of this reformation National Regulatory 
Committee will give final approval to open up Community Radio in 
 Bangladesh .
 
 

 
Bazlu
_______________________
AHM. Bazlur 
Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and 
Communication(BNNRC)
&
Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance 
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)
 
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: ceo at bnnrc.net, bnnrc at bd.drik.net
www.bnnrc.net
 

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