Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Abdul Hamid Advocate today said ICT education is a must for people of all strata living in urban and rural areas to build ‘Digital Bangladesh’. Digitization of the Jatiya Sangsad will be done in phases so that the public representatives as well as all people get its benefit, he added.
Telecommunications minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said yesterday that the government planned to provide internet service to all schools, colleges, universities and most of government organisations free of cost to build a digital Bangladesh by 2021.
The cabinet today approved three bills including Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Bill 2009 to implement the Awami League's pledge for building a 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and president Zillur Rahman issued separate messages on Monday ahead of International Literacy Day, with the leaders calling for elimination of illiteracy and realisation of 'Digital Bangladesh'. "The present government has declared its programmes to build an illiteracy-free Bangladesh by 2014," president Zillur Rahman said in his statement.
Government's goal of issuing secure passports by the ICAO mandated deadline of April 2010, is in disarray due to frequent changes in plans. According to reliable sources, the government after several failed attempts now plan to finally float the tender by early next month leaving just enough time to meet the deadline for the TK 283 crore project.
The Government is contemplating a package of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project to digitize the whole gamut of functioning of the Jaitya Sangsad in line with its 'Vision- 2021' programme.
Finance Minister AMA Muhit today said in order to build a Digital Bangladesh, the government has to be digitized first by computerizing its ministries, departments and offices.
Former minister and central joint secretary of BNP Abdullah Al Noman alleged that Awami League (AL) is making a 'Difficult Bangladesh' instead of 'Digital Bangladesh'. He said, "AL let loose a reign of terror in the whole country after election."
UNB: The finance minister, AMA Muhith, Tuesday criticised the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for its failure to play the role of facilitator in providing the required services to the entrepreneurs of the telecommunications sector.
More than 88 per cent of public offices have no officials to deal with IT operations and 70 per cent of the employees in government offices do not use computers, said a government report.
