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Betar Bangla becomes first 24-hr Bangla radio in UK

19 June 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

Betar Bangla, a community radio station, has received licence from the British media regulator, Ofcom, to broadcast its programmes in the UK 24 hours a day, says a press release. It became the first 24-hour Bangla infotainment radio stations in the UK. Betar Bangla has been broadcasting short-term transmissions for the past eight years since 2002, inspired by the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.