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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Bangladesh: Official
Letter to BTRC and Home Ministry for Frequency Allocation and Security Permit
for 116 Community Radio</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>An official letter has been sent to Bangladesh Telecommunication
Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Home Ministry to allocate frequency and to
issue security permit for the selected 116 community radio stations. Ministry of
Information sent the letter to BTRC and Home Ministry on Wednesday 23 July 2008.
<BR><BR>Primarily 116 organizations were identified as eligible of policy
approval for community radio in a meeting of the National Regulatory Committee
held in the Ministry of Information on Tuesday 15 July, 2008. <BR><BR>Sources
said, after getting security permit from the Home Ministry, Ministry of
Information will send letter of approval to the applicant organizations. Then
BTRC will allocate frequency accordingly for the concerned community radio
stations and Ministry of Information will issue license to the approved ones.
The organizations then have to take no-objection certificate from Information
Ministry for importing necessary instruments and equipments for the station.
<BR><BR>The Chief Advisor’s Office sources said, Chief Advisor Dr. Fakhruddin
Ahmad is in charge of the Ministry of Information, so he might inaugurate the
widely discussed community radio auspiciously. That is why; Government is trying
to approve the community radio stations as soon as possible.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</A><BR></DIV></FONT>
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