Bangladesh and India have signed key agreements in the field of information and broadcasting at the Information and Broadcasting Ministers’ Meet 2020 in New Delhi.
A formal co-production agreement was signed on Tuesday, in the presence of Indian Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar and his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr Hasan Mahmud, on the biopic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which will be released during the birth centenary year of Bangabandhu, reports UNB.
Deepening India’s engagement with Bangladesh, an airtime exchange program between Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh Betar was also launched.
With the launching of the program, content from Maitree service has started airing in Dhaka and reciprocally content from Bangladesh Betar has started airing on All India Radio in Kolkata.
Terming Indo-Bangladesh friendship as organic, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said both the countries share a great legacy.
“We look forward to engage further with Bangladesh Television and Betar in co-production of content. Also, India will extend all possible cooperation to Bangladesh in setting up the Bangabandhu Film City,” said Javadekar.
The film, to be directed by eminent director/producer Shyam Benegal, will be completed on time and released as part of centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu.
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said the relationship between New Delhi and Dhaka has reached new heights under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
