A treat for Chittagong viewers
In response to great demand from TV viewers in greater Chittagong region, the Chittagong Centre of Bangladesh Television will extend its two-hour long programmes to six-hours everyday.
All that waits is the formal inauguration of the TV centre by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Jean-Nesar Osman, a popular film maker of the country also general manager (GM) of Bangladesh Television Chittagong Centre informed that programmes for the next three months are ready to be aired.
According to officials of the TV centre, nowadays the TV centre airs programmes and news for only two hours daily within radius of only 40 kms. But the six-hour programmes can be watched by the people in 11 districts and the hill tracts area. Even expatriates can watch the programmes through satellite channels.
“The employees, staff and artistes have worked hard to get 20,000-minute programmes. We will get the remaining 7,000 minutes from the BTV Dhaka centre,” said Jean-Nesar Osman.
The Chittagong sub-centre of BTV began its journey in 1996, but the sub-standard quality of the two-hour programmes didn't win over viewers.
“We expect the TV centre to touch the hearts of viewers by airing programmes that they really want,” said cultural activist Chayan Barua.
The TV centre will air programmes for children, women and encompass technology, science, entertainment, dramas, documentaries, education, religion, short films, tribal life, tourism, travel, business and much more.
“There are many classic programmes of BTV that had been shelved. We have a plan to air those under a revamped Classic BTV”, said the GM.
Chittagong has many eminent singers of local songs like Shaymsundar Boishnab and Shefali Ghosh. Artistes like Bela Khan and Ustad Captain Azizul Islam grew up in the city. Famous composer Satya Saha from Chittagong made a name through his outstanding compositions. “We have created a documentary on Satya Saha. Step by step we want to highlight them before the country and the world,” said Jean-Nesar Osman.
The TV channel will air folk and sufi songs like maijbandari songs as it is very popular among the rural people of the region, said the GM, adding that Chittagong's scenic beauty, rivers, beautiful hills, Bay of Bengal, would attract many if depicted well.
The TV channel would be a localised TV channel as per government decision. And the programmes are being made in a way so that the characteristics of the local TV would not be wiped out, said officials of the TV centre.
“I am hopeful and have seen many prospects for the TV centre. In coming days, with quality works from the younger generation, the TV centre would turn into a new and modern TV channel and then no help will be needed from the capital,” said Osman.
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