IfG.CC - The Institute for eGovernment

He was attending ICT East 2014, a flagship event organized by CII Eastern Region in Kolkata.

The Bangladesh Government is looking at joint ventures with Indian companies in the sector. Indian companies now are mostly into trading.

The e-GP system is a single web portal from where and through which PAs and PEs will be able to perform their procurement related activities using a dedicated secured web based dashboard.

The e-Government Procurement solution introduced under Public Procurement Reform (PPR) Process is being supported by World Bank and being used by all government organisations which will help in ensuring equal access to the Bidders/Tenderers, efficiency, transparency and accountability in the public procurement process in the country.

A high-level team from Bangladesh has come down to the state to have a hands-on experience of the e-governance projects in the state so as to adopt similar models in their country.

Various e-governance applications are being initiated in Bangladesh as part of an UNDP sponsored programme, Access to Information (A2I).

The delegation led by Mr Razee Mohammad Fakhrul, member of A2I programme, interacted with officials of Akshaya on how the centres were being run in a sustainable manner. A similar citizen services delivery project is being launched in Bangladesh too.

Director General of Health Services under Bangladesh's Health Ministry Md Abul Faiz said that all public hospitals at the country's 481 sub-districts will be provided required logistics including mobile phones for establishing a unit of telehealth care center.

"Through telehealth system, we'll be able to provide medical care closer to home for all," he said.

Smart national identity cards are to be issued in Bangladesh on 2 October, according to senior officials.

Revealing the launch date, Brigadier General Sultanuzzaman Md Saleh Uddin, director general of the NID registration wing, said detailed information of a voter with photograph would be included in the new cards.

The cards feature 2D barcodes and 25 sustainable security features that will prevent any possible forgery, he said.

Local newspaper The Daily Star reported Monday that these sites will be developed and hosted by the government under the National Portal Framework (NPF) in districts, subdistricts, divisions, ministries and directorates, according to Anir Chowdhury, policy adviser for Access to Information (A2I) at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Scheduled to launch in July this year, the NPF is being developed both by the government and the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) to extend e-services and information to citizens, the report stated.

“We are going to introduce e-service regulations to ensure quality and standard electronic services in a disciplined way to the people against the backdrop of delivering of over 250 e-services in the public sector,” announced ICT Secretary, Md Nazrul Islam Khan.

Bangladesh has turned around from poverty due to unhindered use of information and communication technology and thousands of youths were being recruited at different institutions in this sector.

The information and communication technology affairs state-minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said this, adding that the ICT had now turned as the third largest field of foreign exchange earner in the country after the garments and remittance sectors.

The national budget reflects the government's commitment towards Digital Bangladesh, but possibly falls short with respect to giving a clear direction about the approach it will take to realise the goal. Its commitment is indicated by the fact that the total allocation for ICT-related components has substantially increased from last year.

The meeting was informed that at least 12 ministries and departments of the government are currently providing E-service to the people.

People of remote areas started getting information about earnings through Union Information Center (UIC), and Agriculture Information and Communication Center (AICC).

Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or as complex as using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different countries. Telemedicine generally refers to the use of communications and information technologies for the delivery of clinical care.

The event styled as "The Singapore Experience: Ingredients for successful Nation-wide eTransformation" was organised to mark the 'Singapore ICT Day event for South Asia'.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary to science and ICT ministry S M Wahid-uz-Zaman said the government has taken up a number of initiatives to integrate information communication technology (ICT) into the national economic development strategy.

He said his ministry has already developed an ICT roadmap and e-government strategy and revamped its ICT policy.

Emphasis should be on ideas that would make healthcare more accessible to the general people above everything else, they added.

The roundtable on 'Future of e-Health in Bangladesh' was organised by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) at its conference room in the city.

At least 12 ministries and departments of the government have already started to provide E-service to the people, says a press release.

It was told at a review meeting on "E-governance quick win" at the Prime Minister's Office in the city yesterday. Around 50 officials of different ministries and departments attended the meeting.

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.

There are three main types of ICT systems -- Information system that focuses on managing data and information, Control system a system that controls machines. It uses inputs, processes the input, and provides output. Third is the Communication system, which deals with transfer of data from one place to another.