Indian president launches Bangla radio service
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee today launched the Akashvani Maitree, a Bangla radio service, in Kolkata, saying that it would be an important "channel of communication" between India and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury welcomed the launching of new radio channel Akashvani Maitree, an Indian High Commission statement said here.
The Bangladesh leaders, in separate messages, hoped that the new channel would act as a "bridge of amity" between the two countries.
The proposal to establish the radio channel with content sharing from Bangladesh and India was discussed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh in June, 2015.
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It said a state-of-the-art transmitter has been installed in Chinsurah in Bengal to enable the service to be broadcast throughout Bangladesh. "The service will be broadcast in India and Bangladesh on 594 KHz," the statement added.
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