Category: World
Service
Date: 09.02.2005
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What springs to mind when you think of Dhaka? That's the question the
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali service is putting to its listeners as part of the week
long My Dhaka series which launches on Saturday 19
February, with live participation from Dhaka.
No picture of New York is complete without the Statue of Liberty; London
is famous for Big Ben; and the Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of
Paris.
What about Dhaka? The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali service wants listeners to nominate
a symbol to represent the city.
The results will be announced towards the end of the My Dhaka week
with the top five landmarks, according to the nominations, becoming
the subject of special features by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali team of reporters.
Also as part of the My Dhaka week, residents of the city are encouraged
to share their favourite recollections of Dhaka, their views of its
problems as well as the things that make them proud of their neighbourhoods
- what makes them special, what makes them home.
Acting Head of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali Manoshi Barua said: "We want our audiences
in Dhaka to talk about their neighbourhoods, their para or mahalla.
"If you have your untold stories, we want to hear from you.
"From Kalabagan to Kafrul, from Banani to Bashabo, write to us
in 300 words or less, and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali service will feature the best
contributions during the My Dhaka week."
The My Dhaka series will include live broadcasts, discussions and
phone-ins involving celebrity residents and city fathers.
It will be broadcast for a total of one hour every day, between 19
and 24 February, spreading over all three daily transmissions of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ
Bengali.
The duration of the evening current affairs programme Probaho will
be extended by 15 minutes.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Bengali broadcasts on 100 FM in Dhaka. It also broadcasts on shortwave
25, 31 and 49 metres in the morning and 31, 41 and 49 metres at night.
For audio in Bengali go to bbcbengali.com.
Dhaka residents can write to: PO Box 6079, Gulshan, Dhaka 1212; email
dhakaweek@bbc.co.uk;
or fax 8651 660.
Notes to Editors
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and is available on radio and online.
It has a global audience of 146 million listeners.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ World Service is available globally on short wave; on FM in 140
capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000
FM and MW radio stations around the world.
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