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The 'district e-service centre', the first of its kind in the country, was launched in Jessore Thursday through a function ushering in a new hope of taking all services of the district administration to the doorsteps of the people, reports BSS.

"In line with the present government's plan to build Digital Bangladesh, the centre was launched in Jessore to reach all kinds of service of the district administration to the doorsteps of the people," Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Sheikh Abdul Wahab told the inaugural function as the chief guest.

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Rural people, especially the unemployed youth and women, should be considered assets in national development. The present government could decide as a policy priority to outsource functions such as digitisation of land records, data entry operations, collation of local data, and local resource mapping to the information kiosks run by self-help and community interest groups with the support of civil society organisations. Upazila and Union Parishad institutions could use connectivity to provide accountable and transparent local governance.

Various government data of relevance to the public, including birth and death certificates, other registrations, and pension documentation, could also be made online to facilitate usage. Outsourcing from urban to rural Bangladesh would be a powerful method of bridging the rural-urban digital divide.

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The government will set up video conference rooms at all district administration offices by November as Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) has already made broadband internet connectivity with all 64 districts through optical fibre network.

"All the 64 district administration offices are already under optical fibre network which can provide high speed internet connection to manage video conference," Additional Secretary of cabinet division Khandkar Anwarul Islam told BSS yesterday.

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It is good to know that the government aims to extend the field of computer literacy to a wider section of the populace, a move in the right direction given its relevance in the current context of an ever shrinking world.

If realised, it will certainly be a huge advantage for a country still attempting to link with the Information Superhighway. It will have far reaching beneficial consequences to the nation as a whole.

In today's environment where globalisation is the buzzword, it is only fair that a wider section of the country's population is provided with the wherewithal to expand the frontiers of their knowledge and catch up with the developments of the modern world.

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