Belal Muhammad, now a retired member of the staff of Radio Bangladesh was one of the initiators of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra , the Radio Free Bangladesh which operated first from Kalurghat in Chittagong and then from being in exile from Kolkata.
In this interview with VOA Bangla Service Belal Muhammad narrates the story of the then Major Ziaur Rahman’ s announcement about the Independence of Bangladesh on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.