Speakers at a function here on Sunday stressed the need for building a digital Bangladesh as per vision 2021 declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face the challenges of the 21st century, reports BSS.
They said the objective of building a digital Bangladesh is to create a knowledge based society and help people get information on issues like health, education, agriculture and communication within a very short time through using information technology.
They were speaking at a discussion titled “Digital Bangladesh to open the door of Prosperity” held at Jalma Union parishad ground at Chakrakhali under Batiaghata upazila in the district arranged by Khulna divisional information office.
Presided by Khulna deputy commissioner Jamsher Ahmed Khondokar, the meeting was addressed by Khulna City Corporation Mayor (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleq as the chief guest.
Khulna district Awami League president Sheikh Harun ur Rashid, Khulna divisional forest officer of west Sunderbans Zahir Uddin Ahmed, district education officer Md. Mizanur Rahman , Batiaghata upazila chairman Ashraful Alam Khan, Batiaghata UNO
Md. Quamruzzaman , Khulna district women affairs officer Fatema Nargis Zamin, Khulna press Club secretary S M Zahid Hossain, BTV Khulna correspondent Mokbul Hossain Mintu and chairman of Jalma Union parisad Sanjit Kumar Mondol and deputy director of Khulna divisional information office Zinat Ara Ahmed addressed the function.
The meeting was followed by a cultural function.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Internet Ovijaan reaches out to masses
Rabeya Khatun, a high school teacher of Bogra, finds Wikipedia a splendid tool to look up just about anything and it has helped her to better interact with students.
Khatun, in her late 30s, had no idea about the internet until one day she saw students queuing up in front of a bus on the school premises.
Out of curiosity, she entered the vehicle equipped with internet and got herself an email address, the first in her life.
Helal Uddin, who teaches biology at the Sylhet MC College, got to know that through the internet he could familiarise himself with the latest happenings in the realm of biology.
He said that before, they had to wait for months for the journals to arrive.
"But now it's just a click away!"
He also learned about the internet from the same bus that gave Khatun the internet experience, when it showed up on his college premises.
College teacher Monon Adhikari of Barisal, college students Hridoy from Rangpur and Mamun from Chittagong also had similar experiences.
"The Ovijaan bus of Nokia and its staff members got us experienced about the internet and explained its importance. I can now send and receive letters, pictures by email…I can get connected with the whole world," Hridoy told the audience.
The bus, which travelled across the country bringing internet closer to thousands, was a part of nationwide campaign by mobile phone manufacturing company Nokia aimed to empower the country's youth by better access to information technology.
The campaign styled 'Ovijaan', the bangla for journey or adventure, was meant to drive internet literacy and create email identities for the next generation, the students.
Two buses, equipped with internet access facilities and solar panels, went to 42 districts reaching out to students as well as teachers of 194 institutes.
"We have created email addresses for more than 1 lakh people during our journey, which started October last year," Nowfel Anwar, the marketing chief of Nokia EA told at the occasion to publicise the success of the campaign.
State minister for science and ICT Yafes Osman attended the event as chief guest.
"Easy and affordable internet access at the grass-root level, especially for the youth is essential to realise the government's vision of a digital Bangladesh."
He said that technology is getting updated every day and it is important to keep up.
"And there's no better way than the internet to get updated," added Osman.
The first step towards a digitised Bangladesh is taking internet to the masses, said Prem Chand, managing director of Nokia EA.
"Or else, they [people] will never understand what technology is all about," he told the audience.
According to Chand, mobile phones are the best way to make people understand about the internet and its potentials as it is "an affordable and successful device."
"This only the beginning of the journey; it will go on and help improve the lives of people," he said.
Khatun, in her late 30s, had no idea about the internet until one day she saw students queuing up in front of a bus on the school premises.
Out of curiosity, she entered the vehicle equipped with internet and got herself an email address, the first in her life.
Helal Uddin, who teaches biology at the Sylhet MC College, got to know that through the internet he could familiarise himself with the latest happenings in the realm of biology.
He said that before, they had to wait for months for the journals to arrive.
"But now it's just a click away!"
He also learned about the internet from the same bus that gave Khatun the internet experience, when it showed up on his college premises.
College teacher Monon Adhikari of Barisal, college students Hridoy from Rangpur and Mamun from Chittagong also had similar experiences.
"The Ovijaan bus of Nokia and its staff members got us experienced about the internet and explained its importance. I can now send and receive letters, pictures by email…I can get connected with the whole world," Hridoy told the audience.
The bus, which travelled across the country bringing internet closer to thousands, was a part of nationwide campaign by mobile phone manufacturing company Nokia aimed to empower the country's youth by better access to information technology.
The campaign styled 'Ovijaan', the bangla for journey or adventure, was meant to drive internet literacy and create email identities for the next generation, the students.
Two buses, equipped with internet access facilities and solar panels, went to 42 districts reaching out to students as well as teachers of 194 institutes.
"We have created email addresses for more than 1 lakh people during our journey, which started October last year," Nowfel Anwar, the marketing chief of Nokia EA told at the occasion to publicise the success of the campaign.
State minister for science and ICT Yafes Osman attended the event as chief guest.
"Easy and affordable internet access at the grass-root level, especially for the youth is essential to realise the government's vision of a digital Bangladesh."
He said that technology is getting updated every day and it is important to keep up.
"And there's no better way than the internet to get updated," added Osman.
The first step towards a digitised Bangladesh is taking internet to the masses, said Prem Chand, managing director of Nokia EA.
"Or else, they [people] will never understand what technology is all about," he told the audience.
According to Chand, mobile phones are the best way to make people understand about the internet and its potentials as it is "an affordable and successful device."
"This only the beginning of the journey; it will go on and help improve the lives of people," he said.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Govt asked for digital Bangladesh roadmap
A prominent lawmaker of the Awami League-led alliance on Saturday expressed apprehensions about proper allocation for information and communication technology sector in the next budget in keeping with the government’s pre-election pledge to build a digital Bangladesh.
Hasanul Haque Inu, chairman of the parliamentary standing on post and telecommunications ministry, called on the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to announce in 2010-2011 budget a roadmap for digital Bangladesh which, he said, was still missing.
‘There was no reflection of digital Bangladesh in the current budget. The government will not be able to come up with an excuse this time,’ he said at a roundtable on import duty on mobile phone sets at Spectra Convention Centre.
Inu insisted that the government should stop the tug of war between the BTRC and the Post and Telecommunications Ministry to ensure fair and business-friendly regulations for the sector.
AB Mirza Azizul Islam, a former finance adviser to the interim government, too expressed doubts about the implementation of pledges made and steps taken so far to support the ICT sector.
‘It’s important to present a survey report on the state of implementation of the budget. I have apprehensions about the progress in this regard,’ he added.
Dhanshiri Communi-cation Ltd organised the roundtable to generate opinions on specific duty on mobile phone sets at the import level, as demanded by Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importers Association.
‘The government can make it a flat rate or may consider it [mobile phone set] as ICT product,’ said Mostafa Rafiqul Islam, president of the association.
Inu suggested that there should be a flat rate of duty or zero duty on import of mobile phone sets as the availability of this technology among commoners was part of a greater campaign to alleviate poverty.
‘It’s unfortunate that we fall behind Afghanistan in telephone penetration,’ the member of parliament said.
Currently, the National Board of Revenue imposes variable duty rates — a method which, business leaders said, encouraged smuggling of sets into the local market and created hassle.
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