Work on Digital Bangladesh on: Information minister
Friday, 6 November 2009
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has said the electoral pledges to build Digital Bangladesh by 2021 had installed Awami League to power with a huge majority and steps were now underway to fulfil the promise.
"We promised to build a digital Bangladesh in our electoral pledge (and) now steps are underway to implement the pledge and the government functionaries have a crucial stake," the minister said while addressing a workshop in the city Thursday, reports BSS.
The workshop was organised for officials of different departments and organisations of the Information Ministry on "Digital Bangladesh: A Gateway to Prosperity".
The minister said the pledge for digital Bangladesh widely wooed the voters to install Awami League to power in the landmark December 29, 2008 general elections.
State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry Yeafesh Osman, who joined the workshop as the special guest, said the ICT was gradually changing the scenario in national and private lives of people while he stressed use of the technology in Bangla to evade "digital divide".
Noted IT specialist Mostafa Jabbar was present at the workshop as the keynote speaker.
Principal Information Officer AKM Shameem Chowdhury presided over the workshop which Information Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury also attended.
Addressing the workshop, Mr Osman said the feeling and love for common people could only reach the benefit of ICT to the grass roots as envisaged in the Awami League's electoral pledge.
He also suggested wider use of ICT facilities in mobile phones for reaching the benefit of the technology to wider section of society.
"The digital technology is changing the days, and telemedicine is an example," said the state minister while he also referred to a personal acquaintance with a farmer whose skills to operate laptop alongside handling the plough boosted his confidence and capacity.
In his keynote address, Mr Jabbar said if the ICT would create a digital divide exposing the ordinary people having little knowledge to further miseries particularly in regard to access to government services.
The information secretary said the government offices now had a citizen charter with little effectiveness while the use of ICT could make it useful.
"We need to adopt digital technology as quickly as possible to cope with the changing time and enhance the work pace," Mr Naser said.
"We promised to build a digital Bangladesh in our electoral pledge (and) now steps are underway to implement the pledge and the government functionaries have a crucial stake," the minister said while addressing a workshop in the city Thursday, reports BSS.
The workshop was organised for officials of different departments and organisations of the Information Ministry on "Digital Bangladesh: A Gateway to Prosperity".
The minister said the pledge for digital Bangladesh widely wooed the voters to install Awami League to power in the landmark December 29, 2008 general elections.
State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry Yeafesh Osman, who joined the workshop as the special guest, said the ICT was gradually changing the scenario in national and private lives of people while he stressed use of the technology in Bangla to evade "digital divide".
Noted IT specialist Mostafa Jabbar was present at the workshop as the keynote speaker.
Principal Information Officer AKM Shameem Chowdhury presided over the workshop which Information Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury also attended.
Addressing the workshop, Mr Osman said the feeling and love for common people could only reach the benefit of ICT to the grass roots as envisaged in the Awami League's electoral pledge.
He also suggested wider use of ICT facilities in mobile phones for reaching the benefit of the technology to wider section of society.
"The digital technology is changing the days, and telemedicine is an example," said the state minister while he also referred to a personal acquaintance with a farmer whose skills to operate laptop alongside handling the plough boosted his confidence and capacity.
In his keynote address, Mr Jabbar said if the ICT would create a digital divide exposing the ordinary people having little knowledge to further miseries particularly in regard to access to government services.
The information secretary said the government offices now had a citizen charter with little effectiveness while the use of ICT could make it useful.
"We need to adopt digital technology as quickly as possible to cope with the changing time and enhance the work pace," Mr Naser said.