BTV transmission in India starts

Senior Correspondent: Bangladesh Television (BTV) has started transmitting its programmes in India formally. The broadcasting activities will run through India’s state-run Doordarshan’s direct to home platform DD Free Dish.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud made the announcement officially from BTV’s headquarters at Rampura in the city on Monday afternoon.

The minister said, “The broadcast of BTV programmes has started at 9 am in India. Now we are announcing officially. During the visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh on 2015, BTV broadcasting was announced in a joint declaration. The TV channels cannot remain stuck as the world turned into a global village.”

Dr Hasan Mahmud also said that the relation between Bangladesh, India reached in a new level in last ten years under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.

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