Business Desk :
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak has invited Britain’s digital investors in Bangladesh.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has transformed Bangladesh into a booming ICT market and the UK must invest in it”, he added.
Palak was addressing at an event at the House of Lords recently where the senior members of UK House of Lords and Commons were present, said a high commission release received.
ICT State Minister made a two-day visit to the UK on February 11-12 to promote Bangladesh’s public sector, B2B and public-private sector cooperation with the UK.
During the visit, he met senior members of Conservatives and Labour at the House of Lords and called upon the UK to take a fresh look on Bangladesh for outsourcing UK’s digital products in Bangladesh especially in 12 hi-tech parks.
The event is hosted by the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem who recalled the historic visit of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the UK on January 8, 1972 and reaffirmed her interests to work with UK Parliament in celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh-UK relations.
While addressing the event, the state minister said Bangladesh under the guidance of Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed is prioritising the skilling of a young generation IT experts to mobile apps, ai, cyber security, cloud technology and block chains.
The House of Lords event was attended by senior members of Conservatives including the Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford, Chairman of International Relations Committee of House of Lords, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington of Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee, John Howell MP of Justice Committee, Pauline Latham MP of International Development Select Committee, Paul Scully MP, Chair, APPG on Curry Catering Industry and Vice Chair of APPG on Bangladesh.
Myles Stacey, Director of Outreach of Conservative Central Committee was also present in the meeting. The event was also attended by senior Labour members including the Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and current member of Brexit Select Committee and Rushanara Ali MP, UK PM’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak has invited Britain’s digital investors in Bangladesh.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has transformed Bangladesh into a booming ICT market and the UK must invest in it”, he added.
Palak was addressing at an event at the House of Lords recently where the senior members of UK House of Lords and Commons were present, said a high commission release received.
ICT State Minister made a two-day visit to the UK on February 11-12 to promote Bangladesh’s public sector, B2B and public-private sector cooperation with the UK.
During the visit, he met senior members of Conservatives and Labour at the House of Lords and called upon the UK to take a fresh look on Bangladesh for outsourcing UK’s digital products in Bangladesh especially in 12 hi-tech parks.
The event is hosted by the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem who recalled the historic visit of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the UK on January 8, 1972 and reaffirmed her interests to work with UK Parliament in celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh-UK relations.
While addressing the event, the state minister said Bangladesh under the guidance of Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed is prioritising the skilling of a young generation IT experts to mobile apps, ai, cyber security, cloud technology and block chains.
The House of Lords event was attended by senior members of Conservatives including the Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford, Chairman of International Relations Committee of House of Lords, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington of Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee, John Howell MP of Justice Committee, Pauline Latham MP of International Development Select Committee, Paul Scully MP, Chair, APPG on Curry Catering Industry and Vice Chair of APPG on Bangladesh.
Myles Stacey, Director of Outreach of Conservative Central Committee was also present in the meeting. The event was also attended by senior Labour members including the Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and current member of Brexit Select Committee and Rushanara Ali MP, UK PM’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh.
