Desk Report
Publish: 12 Feb 2022, 07:50 pm
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The World Radio
Day-2022, a day to celebrate radio as a medium, will be observed in the country
as elsewhere across the globe tomorrow highlighting the importance of radio for
ensuring free flow of information.
The objective of
the day is to raise awareness about the importance of radio, facilitate access
to information through radio and enhance networking among broadcasters with
this year's theme "Radio and Trust".
On the eve of the
day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate
messages greeting all concerned, including officers, employees, technicians and
audience of the Bangladesh Betar and wishing all programmes of the day a
success.
In his message, the
President said Bangladesh Betar is the largest and traditional mass media in
the country. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, as the second front during the great
War of Liberation in 1971, played an important role during Liberation War, he
said, adding that as a proud inheritor of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra,
Bangladesh Betar is the main source of information, learning and entertainment
of the people across the country.
Besides, Bangladesh
Betar is playing role important role against dowry and adolescent marriage, he
said, adding that it also playing role in expanding women education and
creating mass awareness about various social issues and natural
calamities.
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina, in her message, termed this year’s theme of the day- "Radio
and Trust" – as time befitting due to Covid-19 pandemic and said radio has
gained public trust by disseminating information about the pandemic, guidance
and also the government’s measures taken to tackle the pandemic.
Since its inception
on December 16 in 1939, Bangladesh Betar has been playing a significant role as
the strongest medium, she said, adding, "It also played an important role
during our War of Liberation in 1971".
“Broadcasting the
historic 7 March Speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman on March 8 ignoring the restriction of the then autocratic rulers,
Bangladesh Betar was always with the people in encouraging people during
Liberation War and above all in achieving the Independence,” she added.
She said the Awami
League government played role in flourishing mass media in the country. During
the 1996-2001 tenure Awami League government gave approval to satellite
television first time, she said, adding that the present government has also
taken steps for flourishing mass media and ICT in the country.
“We have enacted
Right to Information Act 2009 and established Information Commission and
formulated National Broadcasting Policy 2014,” she said, adding that the
government launched ‘Bangabandhu Satellite-1’.
The President and
the Prime Minister said, in the new world, Bangladesh Betar has built a bridge
between the people and the government through awareness, information and
programs on prevention of child marriage and violence against women, prevention
of terrorism and militancy, awareness of dengue and corona epidemics and
disasters.
Both of them are
happy to know that Bangladesh Betar celebrated the birth centenary of Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through organizing various
programmes throughout the year on the occasion.
They hoped that
Bangladesh Betar would continue its efforts to spread the ideals of the Father
of the Nation and the spirit of the great liberation war among the youth.
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