"Corruption still persists in the society. Information technology can be effectively used for reducing corruption," said Muhith, while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of BCS ICT World-12, a computer fair organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity on Tuesday.
He said that prevailing corruption in land management, police and courts can be handled effectively by use of Information-technology, because that ensured transparency.
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Industry insiders said it is a 'breakthrough' for the ICT (information communication technology) sector development which has been facing problems for long due to dependence on the lone submarine cable -- SEA-ME-WE-4.
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The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase at a meeting held at the Cabinet Division with Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury in the chair approved a single bidder's proposal.
The tender proposal is titled 'Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of public network to connect government entity and provide application services on turnkey basis' which is being implemented under the project styled `Development of National ICT Infra-Network for Bangladesh Government (Bangla.gov.net).
Last week, the Cabinet Committee approved a Tk 2.81 billion (US$34.2 million) proposal for the procurement of equipment and services to start connecting all government entities to one state-of-the-art service delivery system.
This five-year project, called ‘Development of National ICT Infra-Network for Bangladesh Government (BanglaGovNet)’, was launched earlier as part of the ‘Digital Bangladesh’ action plan proposed by the Bangladesh Awami League in 2009.
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They said the 13-member committee headed by Additional Secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Kamal Uddin Ahmed formed on September 2 has prepared a report after reviewing the demand analysis for next 5 years, management arrangement and mode of operation on setting up an NDC.
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