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8 February 2010

This week's program presented the second half of the beautiful radio drama 'robibar' based on a short story by poet Rabindranath Thakur. It depicted the life of a young artist caught between the loves of two women. Adaptation and script by Boidyanath Mukhopadhay and directed by Jogonnath Bose. Roles played by Jogonnath Bose, Urmila Bose, Ishita Mitra, Ratula Chakrabarty and Kajol Bhattacharya. The first half of the drama was broadcast on 4 January 2010. The instrumental piece of Tagore song 'aji bijon ghorey' played in the program was taken from CD 'shudhu alo andhare' produced by Saregama India Ltd. This week's program was produced and presented by Ehsan Ullah.

1 February 2010

This week's program commemorated the - ‘Australia Day’ - celebrated throughout Australia on 26th January to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of 11 convict ships from Great Britain, and the raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove. It presented the significance of the day, how it is celebrated, and the annual Australia Day awards awarded to distinguished Australians. A set of beautiful Australian patriotic songs "Can You Hear Australia’s Heroes Marching", "Under Southern Stars", "I am Australian", "True Blue" and "South Australia" played the program were sung by popular Australian singers. This week's program was produced and presented by Obaidul Haque.

25 January 2010

This week's program remembered Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945), a leader in the Indian independence movement. It presented an in-depth biography of this great personality from Bengal - his dedication for India's freedom from the British, his role in Indian politics, his travel to Soviet Union, Germany and Japan to seek alliance, his leadership in the Indian National Army, and the events surrounding his personal life and his presumed death that still remains a mystery. The beautiful patriotic songs played the program, composed in that period by Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam: 'karar oi louhakopat', 'shikol pora chhol' and 'durgama giri kantar' were taken from album 'jagoroner gaan' produced by the Jagoron Shanskriti Charcha o Gobeshona Kendra, Bangladesh. This week's program was produced and presented by Badiuzzaman Khan.

18 January 2010

This week's program presented two interviews discussing the issues of 'Climate Change and Bangladesh': (1) it interviewed Dr. Saleemul Huq from International Institute for Environment and Development (www.iied.org), an independent international research organisation based in England, about the outcomes of the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark during 7 - 18 December 2009 and the next steps for Bangladesh, and (2) it interviewed H.E. Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia, on Bangladesh Government's views and follow-up actions on Copenhagen Conference. This week's program was produced and presented by Ajoy Kar.

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