This is great news. Congratulations indeed. Warm Regards
Karuna Karuna D'Souza Community Radio Trainer Laya, Vanatharam Addateegala, Andhra Pradesh India On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Abid Rizvi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Bazlu, > Please accept my heart rooted falicitations on the success of your unending > struggle for the cause of Community Radio in Bengladesh. It is undoubtedly a > great achievement. > Keep it on, > Regards, > Syed Abid Rizvi > Pakistan > > --- On *Thu, 4/22/10, AHM Bazlur Rahman <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: AHM Bazlur Rahman <[email protected]> > Subject: [Asiapacific-general] Breaking News - Bangladesh : 12 Community > Radio have Clearance first time in Bangladesh > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], > [email protected], "Virtual WSIS CS Plenary Group > Space" <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], "'AMARC_AP_General_List'" < > [email protected]> > Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 12:20 PM > > > *Bangladesh: 12 Community Radio have Clearance 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > > *Bazlu > *_______________________ > AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR > Chief Executive Officer > Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) > > 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: > [email protected]<http://us.mc456.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > [email protected]<http://us.mc456.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > www.bnnrc.net > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Asiapacific-general mailing list > [email protected]<http://us.mc456.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > http://lists.amarc.org/mailman/listinfo/asiapacific-general > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asiapacific-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.amarc.org/mailman/listinfo/asiapacific-general > > -- -kk-
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