Bangladesh Betar will broadcast the programmes of Voice of America (VOA) through its FM transmitter from today.

Bangladesh Betar developed additional facilities at its Kalyan-pur station for broadcasting the VOA programmes at 97,6 MHz on the FM band.

Information Minister TariquI Islam and VOA Director Robert Reilly will jointly inaugurate the transmission programme.

VOA Bangla programme will be heard everyday from 7.30 am to 8.00 am and 10.00 pm to 11.00 pm local time, said a US1S press re-

VOA's English language programmes include "VOA News Now” from 6.30 am to 7.30 am. "VOA News Now/Special English" from 8.00 am to 1.00 pm, and "VOA News Now" from 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm.

Bangla and English broadcasts could be received by the listeners in the capital and its surrounding areas with greater clarity than previous short-wave transmis-

VOA’s future plans include installation of FM transmitters in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Rangpur and Barisal stations of the Betar to bring the entire country under the FM signal range.