A media delegation from Oklahoma, USA is touring Bangladesh as part of an exchange programme with the support of US Department of State.
The exchange is being implemented in Bangladesh jointly by Brac University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The programme was inaugurated in the capital’s Brac Centre on Thursday. Participants from US and Bangladeshi media alumni, who had been to Oklahoma on previous programmes, were present at the inaugural ceremony to mark the occasion.
Brac University VC Prof Ainun Nishat and Gaylord College Dean Joe Foote spoke on the occasion and addressed the US State Alumni and the US media professional participants who were set to tour Bangladesh.
Dean Foote, at the ceremony, lauded the alumni and the Bangladeshi media professionals for their relentless commitment to professionalism and the progress of media in Bangladesh. He also emphasised on the valuable contributions for enhancement of media education and bilateral cooperation such programmes create for both sides.
Dr Elanie Steyn, assistant professor at Gaylord College and also the programme’s implementer on the US side, and Rezaur Razzak, Brac Business School professor and CED director, also spoke on the occasion.
The US media contingent will remain in Bangladesh until January 11, 2014.