He was attending ICT East 2014, a flagship event organized by CII Eastern Region in Kolkata.
The Bangladesh Government is looking at joint ventures with Indian companies in the sector. Indian companies now are mostly into trading.
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This will not only build greater synergies in information technology between the two countries but also create more near-shore outsourcing opportunities.
Bangladesh’s IT export revenues stood at around $250 million in 2013-14 against India’s $110 billion. The neighbouring country has seen its IT market registering a 100 per cent growth in the last fiscal. The buoyancy has been achieved largely on the back of start-up companies and the entrepreneurship-enabling environment.
In his message, the President said an efficient civil service is essential to fulfill hopes and aspirations of the people and establish good governance.
He appreciated the administrative reforms carried out by the ministry of public administration to reach the services to the doorstep of the people and expressed firm conviction that the civil servants would play a significant role in building Bangladesh as a prosperous country.
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Bangladesh has planned to develop a new national electronic database titled civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) from next year to record and document vital information of the people, including health data, for providing better services and for policy-making.
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The Asia Foundation which conducted the study on the business environment in Bangladesh found only 69 of the 3,800 firms surveyed had at least one female owner.
The study shows that women are about 40 percent less likely to use the internet than men, irrespective of income and education status.
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