ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television
channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh The channel is
transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The
channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas,
talk shows, and more.
The channel started broadcast in South Asia on 15 July 1997. Broadcasts to
Europe began in 2001.
One of its programmes, Amrao pari (We, too, Can), won an Emmy award at the
32nd Academy of Television Arts and Science Awards in 2002. The documentary
was shot and directed by 18 teenagers from Bangladesh, and was focused on
the true story of Abul Khaer, a 9 year old boy, who stopped a passenger
train from approaching a disjointed railtrack, and prevented a train
disaster |
