‘L & L’ launched its journey on October 25, 2016 with visual artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema. The guest for its 100th episode was renowned musician Bappa Mazumder, who paid tribute to the recently deceased rock legend Ayub Bachchu.
In between, a number of the country’s most renowned personalities, from State Minister Tarana Halim to Bangladesh Army's first female Major General Dr Susane Giti, singer Fahmida Nabi, ex-Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni, and actor Ilias Kanchan, to ex-footballer Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, founder of the 10-Minute School Ayman Sadiq, cartoonist Mehedi Haque, leading model Emi, Tasrif Khan of the band Kureghor, and Zaiba Tahyya of the Female Empowerment Movement graced the programme as guests.
They and many others from a variety of fields have taken the hot seat in the UNB office studio to share their experiences. In particular the interview aims to elicit their stories of success, with a view to inspiring viewers.
Light & Lens airs, or rather is uploaded on all social media platforms of UNB, every Thursday at 9 pm, just as people across Bangladesh are settling into their weekend.
The program marked one of UNB’s earliest forays into the new media space, and is aimed at a more millennial audience to complement its regular agency output.
Founded in 1988, UNB is the country’s leading private news agency.