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Digital Bangladesh and ICT

development

ICT is the backbone of any digital initiative. ICT covers the vast area of information technology,

communication technology and of course the telecommunication technology; categorically

processing of information and ensuring connectivity.

Again it is mentionable that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dreamed for a Digital Bangladesh.

Without ICT sector development the dream of a Digital Bangladesh would be only a dream forthe total nation. One thing must be mentioned that ICT is only a technology, a technology or a

machine could not be functional with out a person behind. Philosophically convinced persons are

the driving force in establishing an idea in to society and state.

Digital Bangladesh is an Idea that includes the IT use for management, administration and

governance to ensure transparency, accountability and answerability at all levels of society and

state.

ICT is also a combination of physical backbone and intellect. Computer Systems, Network

Machineries, Software, Wire and Wireless Connectivity Systems, Broadcast Hardware and manyother Hardware and Accessories are the physical backbone. The trained human behind the

backbone are the intellect. To materialize the idea of digital Bangladesh, development of

countrywide backbone and expected number of human recourses are the basic needs. On the otherhand, while mass people are concern, availability, accessibility and affordability must be ensured;

otherwise the objective of building a digital Bangladesh could not be achieved properly.

Building of a country wide IT backbone is essential for a digital Bangladesh. There is a happyfeeling that by government owned Telephone Company, Private Mobile Operators, Railway

Communication System, Active Internet Service Providers total Bangladesh is already under adigital network. By a small initiative an adequate Nationwide IT backbone could be developed. Inthis case only government could not be sufficient. Public-Private partnership could be the ideal

endeavor.

Primarily rural IT hub could be developed in each Union Porishad office, which will ensure

everyday information of the locality to the Upazill, Zilla, and Division and to the central

government. This nationwide connectivity system development should be considered primarily associal sector investment and finally as business venture of the government or public-private joint

venture.

Building of an IT educated work force is the most important segment of digital Bangladeshinitiative. It is already been told that technology is important but not works without a person

behind. For a future Bangladesh a tech shabby generation is significantly important. This

generation would be the driving force for a digitized, prosperous and humane nation. To developthis kind of generation it needs to an education policy and national human resource policy. It is

another hard truth that this objective could not be achieved over night, but a good beginning is

essential, which will create the expected human resource that will manage, administer and governfuture Bangladesh.

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Educated workforce is important for another cause. IT is not only a hardware that could be run bya particular skill only. It is a knowledge driven technology, so, it need to run with them who have

skill, knowledge, information and a level of education.

To achieve the objective of digital nation, local software is very important. If it is told thathardware is the body then software is soul. In the discipline of IT education, hardware and

software are being considered as separate subject of knowledge. It should also be mentioned that

the IT backbone and infrastructure is national, software knowhow is global.

Building of a backbone and developing a tech shabby generation is not enough for a digital

Bangladesh. Connecting the generation to the philosophy of digital Bangladesh is the mostimportant task for the elders especially for the policy makers. Policy makers should make the

generation understand why a digital Bangladesh. Obviously the endeavor of digitizing the nation

is to establish peace in society and state, accumulating social and private wealth, making the

governing system accountable, transparent and corruption free.

And another objective is to establish rule of law. To achieve those goals information is the major

tools, the technology dealt with the information must be driven by the manpower that havephilosophical commitment and patriotism.

To build a digital Bangladesh, let build a nationwide IT infrastructure, a tech shabby generation, ahuman resource with knowledge, nation with kindness and patriotism.

" The need for ICT in Bangladesh "

ICT plays an indispensable role in promoting openness, accessibility, accountability,

connectivity, democracy and decentralization- all the soft qualities so essential foreffective social, economic, and political development.

Bangladesh needs the capacity to network with people, ideas and initiatives. This is as

critical and fundamental to nation building as water, agriculture, health and housing, and

without it, Bangladeshs democracy could founder.