Business Desk :
The government is going to create a database of second-generation Bangladeshis living in different countries – who are skilled in information technology (IT) – to increase exports of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector and provide more jobs for freelancers.
In addition, ICT desks will be set up in Bangladesh’s embassies to provide job opportunities for expatriate information technology professionals, who will link Bangladesh with the ICT companies of those countries.
Through this, initiatives will be taken to increase foreign investment and exports in this sector.
The decisions came at a meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ambassadors of Bangladesh to different countries on 28 December. Top officials of the government and non-governmental ICT-related organisations also attended the meeting.
In the meeting, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Managing Director of the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Hosne Ara Begum, the ambassadors said Bangladesh has huge potential in exporting ICT products and services to different countries.
They emphasised the importance of employing expatriate information technologists, setting up ICT desks in embassies, establishing relationships of Bangladeshi companies with ICT hubs of different countries, and formulating different strategies based on country and region.
