‘Those involved in corruption will not be spared’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that none will be spared who will be found involved in misdeeds and corruption.

The Prime Minister came up with the warning while addressing the launching ceremony of the commercial transmission of all local private television channels using the feed of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I) at a city hotel on Wednesday.

The ongoing drives against corruption, drugs and criminalization will continue and no one will be spared, she said.

With its inauguration, the country’s broadcast industry is going to enter a new era as the BS-I will save a huge amount of foreign currency to be paid by local TVs as rent.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud spoke on the occasion as the special guest with Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in chair.

Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications Division Ashoke Kumar Biswas and Chairman of the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO), a platform of private television channel owners, Annan Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion.

An audio-video presentation on the multifaceted use of the Bangabandhu Sattelite-1 in various sectors for the country’s overall development was made.

Officials concerned said local TV channels have been receiving feed from Apstar 7 and AsiaSat satellites in exchange of US$ 4,000 per Mega Hartz frequency each month on an average.

 

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