Reiterating the present government's commitment to building Digital Bangladesh, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad yesterday said IT education would be made compulsory at secondary level by 2013.
President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Annisul Huq has called upon the business community of Switzerland to invest in Bangladesh’s potential sectors especially ICT, RMG and Pharmaceuticals. The chief of the country’s apex trade body made this call while speaking at a meeting with business leaders of Switzerland at the conference room of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Geneva (CCISG) yesterday, said a FBCCI press release on Sunday.
With 92 percent software piracy in Bangladesh, the first in the Asian Pacific region and the second highest in the world, the country's experts urged the government to initiate a move for use of open sources software.
Law minister Shafique Ahmed has assured entrepreneurs of the country's budding software industry of a supportive legal framework.
Speakers at a roundtable feared that the duties imposed on computer accessories would create obstacles on the way of building Digital Bangladesh.
Chairman of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) Mostafa Jabbar demanded that in upcoming budget computer and computers parts to be freed from ‘minimum tax’ frame.
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লেখাটি লিখেছিলাম সাপ্তাহিক পত্রিকা "সাপ্তাহিক"-এর এক বর্ষপূর্তি সংখ্যার জন্য। লেখাটি এখন ছাপা হয়েছে। তাই "প্রিয়" পাঠকদের জন্য পোষ্ট করে দিলাম। লেখাটি যেহেতু লিখেছিলাম "সাপ্তাহিক"-এর জন্য, তাই তাদের মূদ্রনের পূর্বে এখানে পোষ্ট করা ঠিক হতো না।
President Zillur Rahman on Thursday laid emphasis on introducing IT based education at university level in line with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's call for making 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021.
The government will form a separate pay commission for teachers from primary school to university levels aiming to restore their dignity, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday while unveiling a package measure for upgrading the education sector.
Science and ICT Ministry is now waiting for the go-ahead from the Prime Minister's Office to sign two agreements with Russia to advance with the conceived nuclear power-plant projects.
