RAJSHAHI, Feb 13, 2020 (BSS) – The World Betar Day-2020 was celebrated here today amid much enthusiasm and in a befitting manner.
Marking the day, officials and artists of Regional Station of Bangladesh Betar accompanied by some members of the civil society brought out a rally with the main theme of ‘Betar and Diversity’. Representatives and staff of Community Radio Padma and Mohananda also joined the rally.
After parading different streets, the rally ended at Betar Bhaban where a discussion and a cultural function were held.
Language Veteran Abul Hossain and Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat addressed the discussion as chief and special guests respectively with Hassan Akhter, Regional Director of Bangladesh Betar, in the chair.
Regional Engineer Farzana Afroze, Deputy Regional Directors Sharifur Rahman and Sheuly Rani Basu and Assistant Directors Dewan Abul Bashar, Nadim Sultan and Masum Parvej also spoke.
Abul Hossain said the Betar has been playing a vital role towards reaching the emergency messages to the remotest people.
He also said the role of the betar is also important in terms of entertaining the grassroots people.
In this country, the prime role of radio is to give a voice to people who do not have access to mainstream media and do not have the opportunity to express their views on their community development.
In his remarks, Akbarul Hassan Millat said the major tasks of community radio is to promote the right to communicate, expediting the process of informing the community, assisting the free flow of information and acting as a catalyst of change and therefore there should be no exceptions locally.
He urged the betar authority to air qualitative and pro-people programmes so that the target group of people can derive its total benefits.