Category: News

All over the world, journalists are being silenced and opposed in their efforts to report the truth and hold those in power accountable for their actions. Their equipment is stolen and destroyed; they are attacked or prosecuted. Journalism is not a crime. Especially in this time of crisis, where reliable information can save lives, journalists… Continue reading Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication@ Campaign: Unmask The Truth: The Free Press Unlimited solidarity campaign

AHM Bazlur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has joined as a panelist of High-Level Policy Session-6 on Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All of UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2020. Access to information and knowledge can be promoted by increasing awareness… Continue reading BNNRC @ High-Level Policy Session of UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2020

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been implementing 10th batch of the fellowship program with promising and potential grassroots Dalit youth and youth women at the local level to reduce the voice poverty through the participation in community media and engage in the process of benefiting Dalits and disadvantaged communities in government… Continue reading Amplifying Voices of Disadvantaged Communities through Community Media Fellowship in Bangladesh

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has joined the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) of UNFCCC as a member organization from Bangladesh. Created in 2015, the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) addresses current and emerging gaps and needs in implementing and further enhancing capacity-building in developing countries. The PCCB has been tasked with… Continue reading Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) Joined the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) of UNFCCC

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has allocated radio spectrum 99.00 FM for establishing 19th Community Radio Stations in Cox’s Bazer of southern part of Bangladesh. The Community Radio station name is Community Radio Saikat 99.00 FM initiated by The Coastal Association for Social Transformation (COAST). The rural, disadvantaged and marginalized people of Cox’s Bazer will… Continue reading Welcome: 19th Community Radio Saikat 99.00 FM, Cox’s Bazer, Bangladesh

Bangladesh is going to celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) at 18 Community Radio station level in rural Bangladesh on 28 September 2020. In the meanwhile, all Community Radio Broadcasting is preparing them for celebrating the International Day for Universal Access (IDUAI). The theme is to highlight the Amid the COVID-19… Continue reading Access to Information in Times of Crisis: BANGLADESH IS GOING TO OBSERVE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION (IDUAI) AT COMMUNITY RADIO STATION LEVEL 2020

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been struggling for the last 20 years for opening up and strengthening the community media sector including Community Radio and giving focus on its vital role as voices of the voiceless rural people from 2000. www.bnnrc.net | BNNRC has been mobilizing all community radios for developing and… Continue reading Read what AIBD Broadcaster has to say about Community Radio Response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been mobilizing all community radios for developing and broadcasting awareness building programs on COVID-19: contamination to protect lives and livelihoods since March 1, 2020 to 31 May 2020. Recently WSIS has published Mid Term Report of The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response – ICT Case Repository. WSIS Case… Continue reading Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication in WSIS Mid- Term Report of The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response – ICT Case Repository

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) has nominate three staff member for joining  the University of Leiden: Online Summer Program- Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism  through Royal Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka. This online summer programme focuses on the field of preventing, detecting and responding to violent extremism and gives insight in the opportunities… Continue reading BNNRC @ University of Leiden: Online Summer Program- Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

Since Friday evening, seven community radio stations in northern regions of Bangladesh have been broadcasting radio programs on flash flood situation to make the community people aware for taking precautionary measures to reduce the loss. The community radio stations are also broadcasting  programs through Facebook,  You Tubes  and other social media too. In the meanwhile,… Continue reading SEVEN COMMUNITY RADIO STARTED FLOOD BROADCASTING IN NORTHERN PART OF BANGLADESH