Community radio plays role to reach messages to people: Shahriar

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RAJSHAHI, Dec 28, 2019 (BSS)- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam today said the community radios are playing a vital role towards reaching the emergency messages to the remotest people.

He also said the role of the radios is also important in terms of entertaining the grassroots people.

In this country, the prime role of community radio is to give a voice to people who do not have access to mainstream media and do not have the opportunity to express their views on their community development.

“So, the government has a plan of issuing licence for more community radio in the remotest areas,” he further said while addressing the first founding anniversary meeting of ‘Radio Boral 99.0 FM’ at Arani Monmohini School in Bagha Upazila in the district as the chief guest.

Director General of SME Foundation Shafiqul Islam, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shahin Reja, Arani Municipality Mayor Muktar Ali, Headmaster of the school Sonjoy Kumar Das and Union Parishad Chairman Rafiqul Islam also spoke.

Shahriar Alam said the major tasks of community radio is to promote the right to communicate, expediting the process of informing the community, assisting the free flow of information and acting as a catalyst of change and therefore there should be no exceptions locally.

He urged the radio authority to air qualitative and pro-people programmes so that the target group of people can derive its total benefits.