Country's first-ever hi-tech park opens next month
Saturday, 8 August 2009
The country's first-ever hi-tech park at Kaliakoir will be opened to investors in the IT industry by September, AKM Abdul Awal Mazumder, secretary of the ministry of science and ICT said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.
The government is taking initiatives to develop the country's ICT sector in line with its vision of a 'Digital Bangladesh', Mazumder said at a workshop on ICT services development by the Embassy of Japan at a city hotel.
Mazumder told the news agency after the session, "The initial infrastructure of the park will be completed by September this year."
"The park, on 62 acres of land, will create scope for investors in the sector."
He said the site would have its own power substation and be connected with Joydevpur by rail for easier communication for high-tech industries to be set up there.
"The site will be allotted in plots, same as in the export processing zones (EPZs), with many facilities."
An ICT training institute would also be established there, he said adding: "Korean investors have showed their interest."
The park would have an administration building and a resort for visitors to showcase the country's ICT sector, he said.
"Another hi-tech park will be set up at Noakhali soon," he added.
The government is taking initiatives to develop the country's ICT sector in line with its vision of a 'Digital Bangladesh', Mazumder said at a workshop on ICT services development by the Embassy of Japan at a city hotel.
Mazumder told the news agency after the session, "The initial infrastructure of the park will be completed by September this year."
"The park, on 62 acres of land, will create scope for investors in the sector."
He said the site would have its own power substation and be connected with Joydevpur by rail for easier communication for high-tech industries to be set up there.
"The site will be allotted in plots, same as in the export processing zones (EPZs), with many facilities."
An ICT training institute would also be established there, he said adding: "Korean investors have showed their interest."
The park would have an administration building and a resort for visitors to showcase the country's ICT sector, he said.
"Another hi-tech park will be set up at Noakhali soon," he added.