Ordinary people can receive all the necessary civic services from any part of the country at the moment. Reduced time and suffering. Employment has increased with the increase in living standards. Bikash, Rocket, Cash etc. are now becoming more popular among the common people of the country than the conventional banking system. ATM booths are becoming more convenient for withdrawing and depositing cash. From traditional banking to internet banking, freelancing in terms of professionalism, teleconferencing, e-filing, e-tracking, business to e-commerce to home-office security, the CCTV camera used for monitoring is no longer out of internet connection. The use of information and communication technology has brought about a groundbreaking revolution in every basic field of the country from education system to medicine, economy, politics, security, culture. The life of the people of the country is moving. Bringing comfort and prosperity to life. This is like a new Bangladesh that has changed with the touch of information technology.
However, in the field of information and communication technology in 2008, Bangladesh was a country without prospects on the world map.
The work plan of the 'Digital Bangladesh' vision of Sheikh Hasina's government was formulated to achieve the four main goals of digital government, providing digital services to the citizens, development of information and technology based human resources and expansion of information and communication technology industry. The main goal of the 'Digital Bangladesh' vision was to improve the living standards of the people by using technology. With this goal in mind, the Access to Information (A2I) program was set up under the Prime Minister's Office. Under this program, about 5,275 Union Digital Centers have been set up in the marginal areas of the country under the relentless initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Through this, about 200 types of free digital services are being provided to the people. So far, more than 12 crore services have been provided to the general public through these digital centers, out of which 80 million birth registration certificates have been issued and 20 lakh labor migration hopefuls have been provided information services. Bangladesh has been able to launch the world's largest government portal with the dedicated efforts of the Prime Minister to bring information technology to the doorsteps of the people. Through this, work is being done to bring information easily by bringing two and a half thousand websites on the same platform. Due to these initiatives, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received many honors and recognitions in recent times.
Under the visionary and timely leadership of the Prime Minister, Bangladesh is on the verge of setting new milestones in building a digital Bangladesh by providing broadband facilities in rural areas. In a pledge document titled 'Bangladesh on the Progress of Prosperity' in 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "If we can win the Eleventh Parliamentary Election, the village will be the city." As promised, the government is working to eliminate digital disparities between urban and rural areas. The work of Info Sarkar-3 project for setting up fiber optic network in 2,600 unions of the country has already been completed about 80 percent. The work of the whole project will be completed within this year. If the project is implemented, the digital disparity between urban and rural areas will be eliminated. As a result of ensuring broadband service in rural areas, it will be possible to bring schools, colleges and other educational institutions at the grassroots level under high speed internet service. Apart from this, free high speed internet service can be extended to the common people through WiFi technology at the village level. It will be possible to build a digital system in administrative activities at the union level. Above all, it will pave the way for bringing grassroots people under more digital services. Denmark recently announced 100 million euros in assistance to bring Internet services to remote and inaccessible areas of the country. Denmark will provide funding for the proposed ‘Digitization of Islands along the Bay of Bengal and Haor Area Project’. The project will connect remote areas through the use of submarine fiber optics. Fiber optical connectivity in coastal haors and northeastern islands of the country will contribute significantly to rural socio-economic development through high speed internet and e-services. According to a World Bank research report, every 10 percent broadband Internet penetration leads to 1.36 percent GDP growth. And for every 1000 broadband connections, about 10 unemployed people are employed.
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