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By any measure, Bangladesh is a country with one of the world’s lowest levels of access to telecommunications. And yet following a recent tour of the country which included visits to a number of cities as well as some of the most remote and inaccessible areas, it is clear that Bangladesh has, in a sense, already achieved near 100% ‘virtual’ market penetration rate for mobile communications services. So how do we reconcile this contradiction?

Mobiles have even reached the most rural areas of BangladeshLet’s first look at the facts. According to the latest statistics issued by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), there were 65 million mobile subscribers at the end of September 2010. This represents an impressive gain of over 10 million subscribers since the start of 2010.

Finance Minister A M A Muhith said: "Our land registration system is at the core of corruption. Bribes are exchanged openly in the land registration offices. Digitalising such organisations is urgent because massive use of information technology can curb corruption and expedite development." He further said that the government had taken up the challenge to digitalise the land registration system, though the progress so far had not been remarkable. The finance minister came up with this observation while addressing as chief guest the inaugural ceremony of the four-day BCS-ICT World Fair-2010 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre recently. Finance Minister in the same function said that Bangladesh is a land of impossible attainments.

Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (retd) AK Khandaker yesterday said the government will use digital maps in the upcoming fifth population census in identifying the census enumeration areas.

Latest technology will be used in data processing so that data could be released within the shortest time, he said.

The minister was addressing a seminar titled “Celebrating Many Achievements of Official Statistics and the Core of Values of Service, Professionalism and Integrity.”

Branding the country's land registration offices at the 'core of corruption,' Finance Minister AMA Muhith Saturday said digitalisation of major sectors will curb corruption, reports UNB.

"Our land registration system is at the core of corruption. Bribes are exchanged openly. Digitalising such organisations is urgent because massive use of information technology can curb corruption and expedite development," he said.

The finance minister said the government has taken up the challenge to digitalise the land registration system, though the progress so far has not been remarkable.

Speakers at a discussion on Sunday said E-Health schemes should focus on providing healthcare to common people avoiding the use of the technology that would not be of any help for them.

When evolving the technology emphasis should be given on ideas that would make healthcare more accessible to the general people above everything else, they added.

The discussion on Strategic Priorities of Digital Bangladesh (SPDB) 2010 on Health was held in the NEC Conference Room of the Planning Commission.

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