Transformed country into Digital Bangladesh despite harsh criticism, ridicule from certain quarters: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government has transformed the country into Digital Bangladesh despite “harsh criticism, insults and ridicule from certain quarters.” “Yes, we have transformed the country into Digital Bangladesh. But we had to face harsh criticism, insults and ridicule initially. Whenever ther...

Bangladesh will move forward under the leadership of Awami League

Hiren Pandit: Awami League President Sheikh Hasina mentioned that "hurts will come, conspiracies will happen, but Awami League leaders and workers will definitely move forward unitedly to face those conspiracies." Awami League has established the right to vote and rice for the people of Bangladesh. Awami League established Digital Bangladesh, a...

Digital Bangladesh: From Fiery March to the World’s Wonder

Who could have ever thought that Bangladesh would share the realm in the space from the state of the bottomless basket? But it is now the reality that our Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is orbiting the earth as the 57th country in the world. It has made things possible to extend internet and satellite facilities, telemedicine, e-learning, e-banking and...

Digital connectivity will be the key tool to build Smart Bangladesh: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said digital connectivity would be the key equipment to transform the country into a Smart Bangladesh. "Digital connectivity will be the key tool to build Smart Bangladesh. Smart citizens, smart economy, smart government and smart society will be built on the basis of digital connectivity," she said. The premier sa...

Smart Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina's bold move based on Bangabandhu’s philosophy

Tonmoy Ahmed: The Awami League government has successfully implemented the 2008 election manifesto for making Bangladesh a middle-income and digital country by 2021. During this period, the country's people have changed their fate using the technology and infrastructural opportunities created by the government aiming to eliminate hunger and pov...

The Goal is now Smart Bangladesh by 2041

Hiren Pandit:The declaration of the 22nd National Conference of the Bangladesh Awami League emphasized the commitment to building a Smart Bangladesh. In her speech at the 22nd National Conference, the Party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mentioned four pillars to building Smart Bangladesh. These are Smart Citizens, Smart Economy, Sma...

Mission Smart Bangladesh: Awami League's vision for the next phase of development

Eng. MD Abdus Sabur: In the run up to the 2008 national election, a look at the election manifestos of the two major political parties — Bangladesh Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party — would reveal a lack of vision on BNP’s part in terms of infusing a sense of transformation on the country’s digital landscape....

Sheikh Hasina: Pioneer of Digital Bangladesh, Humanitarian Leadership & Progress

Sheikh Hasina: Pioneer of Digital Bangladesh, Humanitarian Leadership & Progress

Sajeeb Wazed Joy: A Dedicated Soul with Visionary Goal

M Nazrul Islam: The responsibility for man, where there is no limit, is the responsibility of the great men. The life of a great man is a spiritual journey as well as a relentless pursuit to find the truth, remove obstacles from the lives of others and care for them so that they can reach the height of their potential. Rabindranath Tagore writ...

Bangladesh: An example of how to use "Digital Systems' to fight Coronavirus

By the time, Bangladesh detected the first case of coronavirus on March 8, 2020, the country has become an enlightened digital state. As electricity and the internet have reached remote villages, the government ensured all necessary services for the ordinary people maintaining social distances during the pandemic. Before the 2008 general electio...

More than 1 crore farmers to get smart agriculture cards

The government has decided to provide farmers with smart agriculture cards to digitalise the agricultural system in the country. More than 1 crore will be given smart cards. To this end, a project has been taken up at a cost of Tk108 crore to provide area- and demand-based agricultural services and ensure the exchange of agricultural informatio...

Freelancing boom and its potential for the Bangladesh economy

Hiren Pandit: The digitalisation of many professions around the world has contributed to creating a new, competitive and innovative labour market. Self-employed people who mostly work from home have been sharply rising in numbers in the past years than in the past two decades. It took a pandemic to make some people realize that you don’t ...

Bangabandhu's Golden Bengal: My Village My Town

Hiren Pandit: The New Year 2022 started with the commitment to implement the goal of sustainable development with Leave NO One Behind. Multiple mega projects will be inaugurated this year. The construction work of 10 mega projects and 100 economic zones including the Padma Multipurpose Bridge is going on at a fast pace. These 10 mega projects w...

Digital Bangladesh's Transformation under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Leadership

Digital Bangladesh's Transformation under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Leadership

HPM Sheikh Hasina for ensuring easy transfer of technologies to developing countries

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for ensuring easy transfer of available technologies to developing nations so that they can face the toughest challenges of the 4th industrial revolution (4IR) in keeping pace with the developed countries. Joining virtually the closing ceremony of a conference on the 4IR from her official Ganabhaban resid...

Awami League delivered on promise to build Digital Bangladesh by 2021: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said that Awami League has already delivered on its promise to build Digital Bangladesh by the year 2021. "We have another milestone to reach -- joining the league of developed countries by the year 2041," he said in a message shared on his verified Facebook page. Joy said this 50th year of v...

HPM Sheikh Hasina gets WITSA 2021 Award

The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) today named Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for its Eminent Persons Award for 2021 for her fight against fundamentalism, militancy and terrorism and her dedication to the Bangladeshi people's fundamental rights, dignity, self-sufficiency and prosperity. The award was decaled at the Wor...

Sajeeb Wazed gets ASOCIO Leadership Award- 2021

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has been conferred with “ASOCIO Leadership Award-2021” for his contribution to bringing unprecedented change in the country's ICT sector. On behalf of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the award on Friday on the second day of World Cong...

Sheikh Hasina: The Pioneer of Progress

The greatest Bengali, who led the nation for freedom from the thousand-years-chain of subordination, was none but Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He finally declared independence on March 26 in 1971, following the two-long decades of struggles for freedom. The Bengali nation leapt into the war at the risk of their lives. The whole 55,000 squa...

The next step of Digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said that the next step of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society to ensure transparency, accountability and mobility in financial transactions. “The next dream of digital Bangladesh is to make a cashless society. The blaze service is a part of the cashless ...