Bangladesh: New TV Channel To Broadcast Parliament Sessions

22 Jun 2010

A new Bangladeshi satellite television channel dedicated to parliamentary proceedings will start a dry run next month, Rapid TVNews reports.

Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad told the parliamentary house that the new channel ‘Sangsad Bangladesh’ would begin digital terrestrial test transmission in December in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna.

Apart from telecasting parliamentary programmes, the new channel will also broadcast different programmes on development, BBC Monitoring reported.

Earlier, the Bangladeshi parliament passed a resolution setting up a separate television channel dedicated to broadcasting the parliamentary proceedings.

The Information Minister said the government was considering formulation of a time befitting policy to make private radios and television channels more neutral and pro-people.

He said all private radios and television channels were advised to ensure the proper use and application of the Bangla language as some private radios have been using Bangla and another language, which the government considers a threat to the use of pure Bangla.

Source: ABU