The government will set up two Digital Economy hubs for the ICT industry to create a conducive environment for the digital economy by providing policy support, implementing upskilling and reskilling initiatives, and coordinating digital technologies.
The digital economy hub will be set up on the premises of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and the Bangladesh Association of Contact...
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State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak sought the cooperation of the South Korean government on various issues including the implementation of a smart city, the establishment of Bangladesh-Korea ICT University, the start-up exchange program, and the establishment of Sheikh Kamal IT Training Center for the purpose of creat...
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The Cabinet yesterday approved the final draft of the Cyber Security Act (CSA), which is to replace the Digital Security Act. However, the approved bill is a spitting image of the very law it means to improve on.
Other than minor changes, the newly approved draft of the CSA remains the same as the one first presented to the Cabinet earlier this month. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet...
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The ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that under the ‘One Family, One Seed’ initiative, the government has taken initiatives to ensure smart employment and entrepreneurial careers for at least one member of each of Bangladesh’s 4 crore 10 lakh families. To that end, the program of ‘Smart Bangladesh Launchpad’ has been officially started at CUET Sheikh Kamal IT Business Inc...
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The Information and Communication Technology Division of the government has taken the ‘Smart Self-Employment’ initiative to create employment for 40 percent of the 60 million families of Smart Bangladesh through training, and offering technology and capital support.
The initiative has a three-tiered pyramid structure through multi-stakeholder partnerships; 60-70 lakh populati...
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The two neighboring countries Bangladesh and India have expressed their interest in working together to deal with cybercriminals. To this end, both countries have reached a consensus to jointly conduct cyber drills and capacity-building workshops.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team with Minister of State for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Monday on the sixth day of his eigh...
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It is great to hear that the Bangladesh government is taking steps to preserve and digitise 40 ethnic languages, including 14 endangered ones. The discussion meeting titled 'Font and keyboard construction of ethnic languages of Bangladesh...
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The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division has organized the celebration program of the 92nd birth anniversary of "Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib" and the grant distribution program to 250 women entrepreneurs today 8 August 2022 at Agargaon, BCC auditorium, Dhaka. She is the consort of the...
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Recently Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) published a statistics where it was shared that the number of active internet connections in the country raised by 738,000 last month to reach 99,984,000, very close to the 10-crore landmark
Mobile operators have the lion's share of 94.25 per cent...
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