Concept of Digital Bangladesh

Digital Bangladesh means digitalizing Bangladesh by

ensuring an ICT based society where information will be
available in online. Here all the possible tasks of
government or semi-government will be performed using
digital technology. The motto of digital Bangladesh is to
establish technology based digital governance, e-
commerce, e-agriculture, e-production, e-education
etc. The benefits of digital Bangladesh are many. If we can
establish a digital Bangladesh, corruption will be reduced
radically.  It will make people think globally and connect
them with the whole world economically, socially,
politically, academically and even culturally.  It will improve
our banking and financial activities. Agriculture, health,
education, commerce – all these sections will be highly
benefited by making Bangladesh a digital one. It is
mention-able that almost all services including education,
health- nutrition, agriculture, birth-registration, allowances,
social protection programs are now easily and comfortably
delivered to the doorsteps of intended beneficiaries
through union information centers at union level, e-service
centres in DC offices, e-centres in 147 upazilas and village
post offices and 254 agricultural information centres. To
develop the sector and create more job sectors in the field,
our government is providing ICT training to the youth
freely, to create new horizon in youth employment through
outsourcing. According to a study conducted by Oxford
University, Bangladesh is now home to around 16.8% of
all outsourced online workers in the world, a rate that is
second only to India, at 24.6%. The government has
already planned to set up 12 IT parks at the district
headquarters of Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Jamalpur,
Rangpur and Barisal, Keraniganj in Dhaka, Comilla Sadar
(South), Chittagong Port, Ramu in Cox’s Bazaar, Singra in
Natore, Companiganj in Sylhet, and the KUET Campus in
Khulna. In near future, a digital laboratory will be
established in each of the educational institutions across
the country. After all, the government has provided various
kinds of facilities, incentives, high-tech park, supporting
local industry, which has helped service-oriented
businesses expand.