The government will provide support to Bangladeshi mobile application (app) developers to develop applications for various public services of different ministries, directorates and departments to make it available for smart phones and ensure people’s easy access.
“We’ll encourage the Bangladeshi mobile app developers who have been trained up under a programme of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division to develop app for various public services to ensure people’s easy access to it,” said ICT Secretary Md Nazrul Islam Khan (N I Khan).
He told this while inaugurating a day-long Boot Camp, jointly organized by ICT Division and Multimedia Content and Communication Ltd. (MCC) at the auditorium of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, Barisal today.
Over 500 youths from Barisal division who took 5-day hectic trainings on mobile app, participated in the Boot Camp to recap the experiences they gathered.
N I Khan said the government, as part of its plan, has successfully been able to reach services at the doorstep of the people by establishing 4,547 Union Information Service Centers (UISCs) across the country and this time it has been relentlessly trying to ensure people’s access to public services through mobile phones.
“The government will welcome you and provide support if you develop mobile apps for various services of different ministries, directorates and departments to make it available in the smart phones,” he said.
“The number of smart phone users who are increasing rapidly in the country after introduction of 3G could easily get various public services if you develop mobile apps,” he added.
ICT Secretary said Bangladesh Bank has already removed barrier to register with reputed app stores like Google play, Nokia for the display of mobile application developed by Bangladeshi app developers by introducing virtual card.
“We’re harnessing the young talents and developing them as mobile app developers to tap business from the billion dollar mobile app market,” he said, adding that the government wants to see the IT literate youths and entrepreneurs as IT industrialists who will be given space in the high-tech and software parks now under construction in divisions and districts.
Chaired by Mobile App Development Project Director Dr Abul Hasan, the function was also addressed, among others, by principal of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Prof Dr Ranjit Chandra Khan, Vice-Chancellor of Barisal University Prof Dr Harun-ur-Rashid Khan. Additional divisional commissioner and deputy commissioners of four districts of Barisal division attended the function.
Dr Abul Hasan said the ICT division has provided training to 2500 youths so far and developed them as mobile app developers who are now confident to develop app for various services.
