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Message from Minister
Effective and proper
development
of Information and Communication Technology
Ministry
of Science & ICT
The unprecedented advancement of Information &
Communication Technology has transformed the world
into a
'Global Village'. Free flow of ICT is now the
demand of
new millennium. No country can survive keeping
itself
distanced from this modern trend. Under the
dynamic
leadership of Honourable Prime Minister ,Begum
Khaleda
Zia, our Government is committed to march forward
to meet
the need of our time.We are also giving due
emphasis on
the effective and proper development of
Information and
Communication Technology in this country in line
with the
developments in the rest of the world.
The
present government has taken various steps to
carry
forward the sector of ICT and providing training
for
thousands of young and the entrepreneurial in this
sector
in an effort to mobilize software as well as
hardware
production and data management as a means to
further our
exports to western markets in the context of the
changing
scenario in the trade regime as a consequence of
globalization and the 11th September factor in the
US and
its impact on our Ready Made Garments (RMG)
sector.
The Ministry of Science and Information & Communication
Technology is relentlessly working as the hub of
this new
Technology to spread it around the countryside of
Bangladesh in the shortest possible time. The
Ministry has
already set up an ICT Incubator and is
also planning to
create a Hi -Tech Park in order to promote ICT
related
investment in the private sector from home and
abroad and
thus boost our economy and provide a new direction
for our
future generations.
Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP
Minister for Science and Information &
Communication
Technology.
Government Republic of The People Bangladesh
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