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AHM Bazlur Rahman- S21BR, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has selected as a speaker of the High-Level Track of High-Level Interactive Policy Sessions for the 6th consecutive term in the UN World Summit on the Information Society Forum  (WSIS) Forum 2021 (WSIS+16) on 17-21 May 2021 Geneva, Switzerland.… Continue reading BNNRC@High-Level Track of UN WSIS 2021 High-Level Interactive Policy Sessions

Community Radio has always proved to be an incredible medium to broadcast information, even to the remote, marginalized, and various vulnerable communities. However, with the technological evolution and availability of internet in remote areas, media consumers are now relying heavily on smart apps and online media. The younger generation is losing interest in conventional Radio… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development(AIBD) Regional Webinar on Trends in Over-the-top (OTT) for Community Media 9 February 2021

The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has released the picture of Community Radio Meghna 99.0 FM, Charfassion of Bhola Island, Bangladesh as signature photo on the eve of 10th UN World Radio Day 2021 on 13th February 2021 to Around the World. In last February, 2015 COAST has initiated a community radio… Continue reading Community Radio Meghna 99.0 FM : Bhola Island to United Nations Office of Geneva (UNOG) Switzerland on the eve of 10th UN World Radio Day, 13 February 2021

COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in the country through community radio broadcasters have been removing fears and misconceptions among rural people about the vaccination process. Besides, interest in vaccination is increasing among them in rural Bangladesh. Since February 7, 2021, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has launched a special campaign through community radios to… Continue reading Community Radio Broadcasters Collaborate on COVID-19 Vaccination & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Mal-information at Rural Bangladesh

COVID-19: Vaccine Education Program & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Malformation awareness campaign launched on Sunday 7th February 2021 through community radio stations in Bangladesh about COVID: 19 vaccination. The main objective of the campaign to create the right environment for vaccine confidence to thrive, the COVID-19: Vaccine Education & Counter Misinformation Program in Bangladesh. The… Continue reading COVID-19: Vaccine Education Program & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Malinformation launched through Community Radio in Bangladesh

As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of World Radio Day, the past year has highlighted the extent to which radio, this young medium, developed some 110 years ago, remains essential to our contemporary societies. The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of its added value: with a penetration rate of over 75% in developing countries, radio… Continue reading Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of World Radio Day “New World, New Radio” 13 February 2021

Community Radio has always proved to be an incredible medium to broadcast information, even to the remote, marginalized, and various vulnerable communities. However, with the technological evolution and availability of internet in remote areas, media consumers are now relying heavily on smart apps and online media. The younger generation is losing interest in conventional Radio… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) Regional Webinar on Trends in Over the Top (OTT) for Community Media

General Economics Division is happy to announce that the soft copy of the 8th Five Year Plan (July 2020-June 2025) has been uploaded in the website. Three cheers to team GED led by respected Member (Senior Secretary) Dr. Shamsul Alam . The hard copy of the document will also be available very soon. Team GED… Continue reading Bangladesh : Eighth Five Year Plan (July 2020-June 2025) has Published e -Version

To address the need for Bangladesh radio sector to build their capacity about Radio for the Future in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the National Institute of Mass Communication (NIMC) of the Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has organized online workshop for Bangladesh Betar, Private FM Radio stations… Continue reading Online Workshop on Visual Radio: Radio for the Future in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution In Bangladesh

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication(BNNRC) has endorsed the UNESCO International Declaration of Communications Professionals and Researchers for a healthier, viable, better world. This declaration is made against the background of the covid-19 pandemic which it describes as the most serious crisis our world has experienced in recent history. The declaration in six languages… Continue reading Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication endorses UNESCO declaration on a healthier, viable, better world