Satkhira Correspondent :
Speakers at a function on Saturday said the government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took initiative to start journey towards Digital Bangladesh to ensure equal use of IT and IT based services among the people of urban and rural areas.
With the successful implementation of the initiative and expansion of IT in rural areas the people of villages will be connected with the global village, they told the concluding session of a workshop jointly organized by Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme of ICT Division and Tathyaseba Barta Sangstha at the district Circuit House auditorium.
Additional Secretary of ICT Division Sushanta Kumar Saha said the government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centers across the country. The entrepreneurs of these centers have been providing services to the people and cooperating to implement the government’s plan to reduce digital divide, he said.
The entrepreneurs are being provided with training to enhance their skills in writing reports and features to develop them as info leaders and conducting e-commerce and outsourcing to turn the UDC as mini business process outsourcing centers (BPO), he said.
Journalist Ajit Kumar Sarkar said the use of IT and the online delivery of services have been contributing to bring a change in the socio-economic condition of the people.
The rural economy is being revamped due to use of IT in business, cultivation and even buy and sale of products, he said adding the people of rural areas are connected with the global village as the government has made available internet connectivity at UDC, smart phones and other digital devices.
Chaired by Deputy Commissioner of Satkhira Abul Kashem Md. Mohiuddin the function was also addressed, among others, by TSB Assistant Editor Protik Mahmud.
Speakers at a function on Saturday said the government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took initiative to start journey towards Digital Bangladesh to ensure equal use of IT and IT based services among the people of urban and rural areas.
With the successful implementation of the initiative and expansion of IT in rural areas the people of villages will be connected with the global village, they told the concluding session of a workshop jointly organized by Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme of ICT Division and Tathyaseba Barta Sangstha at the district Circuit House auditorium.
Additional Secretary of ICT Division Sushanta Kumar Saha said the government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centers across the country. The entrepreneurs of these centers have been providing services to the people and cooperating to implement the government’s plan to reduce digital divide, he said.
The entrepreneurs are being provided with training to enhance their skills in writing reports and features to develop them as info leaders and conducting e-commerce and outsourcing to turn the UDC as mini business process outsourcing centers (BPO), he said.
Journalist Ajit Kumar Sarkar said the use of IT and the online delivery of services have been contributing to bring a change in the socio-economic condition of the people.
The rural economy is being revamped due to use of IT in business, cultivation and even buy and sale of products, he said adding the people of rural areas are connected with the global village as the government has made available internet connectivity at UDC, smart phones and other digital devices.
Chaired by Deputy Commissioner of Satkhira Abul Kashem Md. Mohiuddin the function was also addressed, among others, by TSB Assistant Editor Protik Mahmud.
