Bangladesh Betar

Bangladesh Betar

Bangladesh Betar ( _bn. বাংলাদেশ বেতার) is the state-owned radio broadcasting organisation of Bangladesh. It was also known as "Radio Bangladesh" between 1975 and 1996.

History

Radio transmission in the region now forming Bangladesh started in Dhaka on December 16, 1939. Initially, the station was located in old Dhaka. Later, the station was relocated to Shahbag. It played an important role during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. On March 26, 1971, the broadcasting center of Radio Pakistan was used to transmit a declaration of independence, which was picked up by a Japanese ship in the Chittagong Harbor and retransmitted. During the war, it was known as "Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendro" (Independent Bengal Radio Station). Due to heavy shelling, the station had to be relocated several times, and ultimately moved to Calcutta on May 25, from where it would broadcast until the end of the war. On December 6, it was renamed Bangladesh Betar.

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ee also

*Communications in Bangladesh

External links

* [http://www.betar.org.bd/Organization.htm Bangladesh Betar Official site]


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