Bangladesh has occupied the 124th rank among 193 countries in the United Nations E-Government Survey-2016.
The 2016 ranking is 24 notches better than that of 2014 (148), said an an official of Access to Information(a2i) programme on Friday, reports BSS.
Weiterlesen: BD occupies 124th spot in UN e-government survey
The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) plans to expand its structure to cover all the regulatory functions of National e-Government Procurement (e-GP) in the country, reports UNB.
"As per the current structure, CPTU is a wing of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED). Considering huge upcoming activities of CPTU, plan to restructure it is justified," said CPTU Director General (DG) Md Faruque Hossain.
The government should undertake an initiative to formulate a national e-Commerce policy, which is a must to flourish the business across country.
Speakers came up with the observation at an e-Commerce policy conference held at Radisson Blu Water Garden hotel in the capital.
They have also underscored the need for removing all the identified obstacles to flourish e-commerce across the country.
Weiterlesen: BD: National e-commerce policy a must for businesses to flourish
The prime need for making the government truly efficient and proactive is to ensure an optimum use of information and communication technology (ICT) in governance matters and service delivery at all levels. The policymakers do also appreciate this need. They are pledge-bound to transform Bangladesh into a digital one by the year 2021; they have already initiated a host of actions, including the preparation of an e-Government Master Plan, keeping this pledge in mind. This plan has been designed to cover proper digitisation of 52 ministries and divisions and 68 public sector departments and organisations. Enhancing the capacity of the government officials is the primary goal of the Master Plan, being drawn up with grant support of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (Koica). Here capacity-building is purported to ensuring better delivery of public services at a fast pace.
Weiterlesen: BD: Meeting objectives of e-Government Master Plan
The government would undertake a project to set up 10,000 Sheikh Russel Digital Labs (computer labs) at educational institutions across the country.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak disclosed this in the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday while replying to a supplementary question from whip Shahiduzzaman Sarkar.
Weiterlesen: BD: 10,000 Sheikh Russel Digital labs at educational institutions: Palak