Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed an additional allocation of Tk500m for a crash-training programme to develop as many as 10,000 IT professionals in the next two years. The proposal comes despite the fact that the government is yet to release any amount from the Tk7bn ICT development fund promised three years back.
The minister in his budget proposal yesterday also presented a booklet titled “Journey towards a Digital Bangladesh: Update 2013”, which showed that the government has stepped back three years from its promise to bring multimedia class rooms in every schools from 2015.
A common demand among all of information and communications technology (ICT) stakeholders and investors in telecommunication sectors, is for a reduction of the government’s VAT on internet and transmission services.
Over the past fifteen years, Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS), Internet Service Providers’ Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) along with experts and educationalists, have expressed their demands on the issue but the policy makers have done nothing about it.
Weiterlesen: BD: ICT stakeholders demand withdrawal of VAT on internet
“E-Governance will not be possible within our tenure and it will take a little more time… that was also not our target,” he said while inaugurating the three-day Sylhet E- Commerce Fair and Digital Innovation Fair 2013 through video conference from his secretariat office.
Weiterlesen: BD: E-Governance won’t be possible under present govt: Muhith
Telecommunications experts have showed that fatality rate is less in those countries that use modern tools in their road management system.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) organised the seminar at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre marking the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD).
Weiterlesen: BD: Use of ICT tools sought to reduce road accidents
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Thursday the government is not in a position to establish e-governance during its tenure due to time constraint and the lack of required preparations.
"Introducing e-governance in the public sector will not be possible during our time in office as the system demands a holistic approach and more time for a meaningful beginning," Mr Muhith told reporters at his ministry office while inaugurating the three-day Sylhet E-Commerce Fair and Digital Innovation Fair 2013 through a video conference.
Weiterlesen: BD: E-governance 'not possible' within this govt's tenure