“Once we attain Digital Bangladesh, all utility services like payment of different utility services bill, purchasing rail ticket through mobile phones, taking health services from upazila doctors at villages and providing important information about life and livelihood from the union parishads through internet would be at the door steps of the people”, she said.
She said this while inaugurating the Digital Innovation Fair at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre in the capital.
She expressed the hope that the ICT would help to ensure transparency and accountability of the government and establish rule of law, stamping out corruption from the country.
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Sajeeb who was introduced as a computer scientist and IT specialist based in the United States, said the plan had four areas: e-governance, IT education, IT industry and IT outsourcing.
"All of these are rested on infrastructure that is telecommunication."
Telemedicine Reference Centre Ltd (TRCL) has already signed agreements with around 25 Gulf and Malaysian companies that recruit workers from South Asia.
Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred through the phone or the internet.
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