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Posts and Telecommunications Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu said Tuesday that 3-G mobile phone would be introduced in the country by this year for further development of the mobile phone sector. "The 3-G mobile phone would bring revolutionary changes in the information and communication technologies (ICT) including e-education and e-health," he said while addressing a function as the chief guest in the city, reports BSS. The telecom minister said new generation, especially the students, could play an important role in implementing Digital Bangladesh. Highlighting various programmes taken by the government to build a Digital Bangladesh, he said country can not lag behind in the ICT sector. "We would be able to provide low cost laptops to the students to reduce burden of the students on textbooks," he said. Stressing the need for educating the new generation in real history, the telecom minister said people, who are in favour of the liberation war, never form a government with Razakar and Al-badr.