Procurement or purchase of goods, works and services by any procuring entity (PE) using public funds is called public procurement.
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The government and the organisations have invested heavily on technologies and overseas consultancies to utilise the potential of the promised e-governance and e-services. But technology alone won't fix or alleviate a business problem. It is important to understand that knowledge management is often facilitated by ICT -- technology by itself is not knowledge management.
Stakeholders of the ICT industry breathed a sigh of relief, as government high-ups yesterday reiterated their commitment to do whatever needed for the development of the sector.
Two ministers and one state minister promised before the sector people to develop the industry by any means and execute their election pledge of creating a 'Digital Bangladesh'. The guests, attending the inauguration of the BASIS Softexpo-2009, lauded the announcement.
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.
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