Officials said the list of major roads, intersections, bridges, and high-risk areas is nearly complete, with around 80% finalised
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has launched an initiative to transform the city into a safe and technology-driven urban area by installing smart streetlights and an artificial intelligence (AI)-based surveillance system.
The project, titled "Implementation of Smart Lighting (Solar/Non-Solar) with AI-Based CCTV Surveillance System in Chattogram City Area for Ensuring a Smart and Safe City", aims to modernise city management and enhance public safety.
Interim government has stridden in building a robust interoperable framework to unify fragmented digital systems in shaping governance in last one year after the mass uprising that redefined Bangladesh's political trajectory, ending Hasina's almost 16 years autocratic rule.
Chief Adviser's Special Assistant on the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said that the initiative with the vision of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is transforming governance enabling seamless data exchange, coordinated service delivery, and data-driven decision-making across ministries and agencies.
Weiterlesen: BD: Govt strides in forming interoperable digital framework for transforming governance
Speakers at an inception workshop on the e-Parliament Feasibility Study have underscored the importance of digital transformation in establishing a more inclusive, transparent, and citizen-centric Parliament in Bangladesh.
The workshop was jointly organised by the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat (BPS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Embassy of Switzerland. It was held in Dhaka on Thursday as part of the UNDP's Strengthening Institutions, Policies, and Services (SIPS) project, which supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality).
A BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) delegation led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today visited the modern smart city project "Code City" in China's Xi'an Hi-Tech Industries Development Zone.
As part of the visit, the delegation was informed in detail about cutting-edge technology, urban management, innovative infrastructure and smart services, according to BNP media cell.
Weiterlesen: BD: BNP delegation visits China's modern smart city project 'Code City'
KOTRA expects Bangladesh to be seventh country coming under Korean Economic Innovation Partnership Program after Indonesia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Ecuador and Kenya
Mirsharai, strategically located within around 70km radius of an international airport and a sea port in the country’s commercial capital, Chittagong, now being developed as a national special economic zone (NSEC) has all the protentional to be turned into a seaside bayview smart city.
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