Govt working to build smart, humanitarian country: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to build 'Smart Bangladesh' and a humanitarian state by facing global challenges to move ahead, reports BSS.
"Smart citizen, smart society, smart government and smart business are needed to build 'Smart Bangladesh", he said, addressing a function to unwrap the book 'Swapner Smart Bangladesh O Prodhanmanthri Sheikh Hasina, authored by Professor Dr Hafiz Muhammad Hasan Babu, dean of Dhaka University (DU) Engineering and Technology Faculty and chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange.
From his Minto Road residence, the minister virtually joined the function held at the TSC auditorium of Dhaka University (DU).
Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, said earlier Bangladesh was lagging behind in three industrial revolutions. But the country has been able to connect the 4IR, the era of ICT, robotics and artificial intelligence, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and with the concept of PM's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy, he added.
"For this, we gave the slogan 'Digital Bangladesh' in 2008," he said.