Bangladesh Television (BTV) steps into its 60th year today. To mark the day, the channel has arranged an array of special programmes.

The programmes feature discussion, music and others.

The discussion will begin at 4:00pm on the premises of BTV. Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will grace the occasion as the chief guest while Senior Secretary of the ministry Humayun Kabir Khandakar will attend as special guest.

A cultural programme will also be held after discussion. Singers Farida Parveen, Rafiqul Alam, Nakib Khan, Nishita Barua, Anupom Mukti, Rajib, Salma and band Chirkut will perform at the event.

BTV, a state-owned Television network in Bangladesh, started its journey as Dhaka Television on 25 December in 1964. It launched its test transmission from a small floor of DIT Building in Dhaka. 

Later, it was renamed Bangladesh Television after the country’s independence in 1971. Broadcasts in full colour started in 1980. BTV is a terrestrial channel which is broadcast from Dhaka and relayed to the rest of the country through 17 relay stations. There is now a regional station located in Chottogram which broadcasts local programmes. In 2004, BTV started worldwide broadcasts through its satellite-based wing called BTV World.

BDST: 1525 HRS, DEC 25, 2023
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