Economic Reporter :
Bangladesh ICT Expo-2017 will begin (Wednesday) today at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) for letting the people know about the remarkable successes achieved so far in ICT sector.
Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) are jointly organising the three-day event.
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will inaugurate the flagship event of the country’s ICT sector with a slogan ‘Make in Bangladesh’. In separate massages on the eve of ICT Expo-2017, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said digital Bangladesh is not a dream, it is a reality now.
President Abdul Hamid, in his massage, said ICT is the main driving force behind the government’s visions of building a poverty and hunger free modern ‘Digital Bangladesh’ as it is considered as the flashing base of economic development and poverty alleviation tool.
“Establishing ‘Sonar Bangla’, dreamt by Father of our Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the government under the dynamic and able leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken comprehensive steps and given special focus on ICT and its uses,” he added.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her massage, said establishing several Hi-Tech Parks and Software Technology Parks in divisional and district levels is a revolutionary breakthrough.
“We have emphasized on developing large scale local hardware industry to produce and assemble ICT tools, equipments and accessories with a view to making Bangladesh an ICT industry hub of the Asia-Pacific region,” she added.
The premier hoped that Bangladesh would be one of the most ICT resourceful counties of the world with millions of intelligent and expert workforce.
“We have been striving hard to establish a poverty, hunger and illiteracy free Sonar Bangladesh as dreamt by the greatest Bangali of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” she added.
