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MUMBAI: BBC Bangla, part of the BBC World Service, will present a series of programmes and events with audiences in Bangladesh and India to mark 75 years of broadcasting. It will engage with audiences via Facebook Live and radio to discuss the global and national issues that are of special relevance to them.
The theme of the BBC and Bangladesh will be discussed at a seminar at Dhaka University, with a panel and students, and will also be the focus of new programmes commissioned to mark the anniversary.
BBC Bangla editor Sabir Mustafa said, “Since the very first transmission on 11 October 1941, the BBC’s broadcasts in Bangla have delivered to its audiences much-needed accurate and impartial news and information. It has earned the trust of Bangla-speakers, wherever they were over the tempestuous decades – and wherever they are today. This anniversary is a great opportunity for us to check how in tune we are with what they expect and need from us.”
Between 7 and 14 October, BBC Bangla will hold broadcast events in Bangladesh – in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Khulna – and in Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal from where a significant proportion of the BBC Bangla digital audiences come. Starting as informal discussions with the BBC Bangla audiences, these events will transform into Facebook Lives on the BBC Bangla Facebook page. The focus of the conversations will be how the BBC can engage with younger audiences and meet their news and information needs.
Throughout October, BBC Bangla journalists will travel to various parts of Bangladesh to debate critical issues with local residents. The following topics will be debated in these locations:
Khulna – the survival of mangrove forests
Sirajganj – the safety of migrants
Rangpur – revival of the rural economy
Sylhet – the role of expatriates in the country’s development
Rajshahi – the plight of rivers
Barisal – the threat of river erosion
Chittagong – how to preserve the country’s ethnic diversity
BBC Bangla marks 75 years of broadcasting | TelevisionPost.com
The theme of the BBC and Bangladesh will be discussed at a seminar at Dhaka University, with a panel and students, and will also be the focus of new programmes commissioned to mark the anniversary.
BBC Bangla editor Sabir Mustafa said, “Since the very first transmission on 11 October 1941, the BBC’s broadcasts in Bangla have delivered to its audiences much-needed accurate and impartial news and information. It has earned the trust of Bangla-speakers, wherever they were over the tempestuous decades – and wherever they are today. This anniversary is a great opportunity for us to check how in tune we are with what they expect and need from us.”
Between 7 and 14 October, BBC Bangla will hold broadcast events in Bangladesh – in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Khulna – and in Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal from where a significant proportion of the BBC Bangla digital audiences come. Starting as informal discussions with the BBC Bangla audiences, these events will transform into Facebook Lives on the BBC Bangla Facebook page. The focus of the conversations will be how the BBC can engage with younger audiences and meet their news and information needs.
Throughout October, BBC Bangla journalists will travel to various parts of Bangladesh to debate critical issues with local residents. The following topics will be debated in these locations:
Khulna – the survival of mangrove forests
Sirajganj – the safety of migrants
Rangpur – revival of the rural economy
Sylhet – the role of expatriates in the country’s development
Rajshahi – the plight of rivers
Barisal – the threat of river erosion
Chittagong – how to preserve the country’s ethnic diversity
BBC Bangla marks 75 years of broadcasting | TelevisionPost.com
