New theories and techniques are being evolved with the passage of time. E-governance is such an innovation, or rather eventuality with full of potentials. Many theories and techniques are hard to put in place everywhere owing to variations of societal settings and cultural norms. However, e-governance promises and seems to be the exception. Its acceptance is worldwide thanks to its in-built credentials. Thus, it can be safely remarked that this very phenomenon has come to stay and thrive.
E-Government has been employed by developed as well as developing countries to be an enabler toward accelerating processes, delivering a higher level of service to citizens and businesses, increasing transparency and accountability while lowering costs. Additionally, in developing countries it has been recognised as an enabler toward catapulting governments in to the 21st century while leapfrogging multiple generations of technology.
The historic event that took place near the shore of the Bay of Bengal on 22 May will have a far-reaching effect on the progress and prosperity of Bangladesh. On that day Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated the long awaited fibre optic submarine cable system at the landing station at Cox's Bazar and thus connected Bangladesh to the global information super highway. This event will remain as a land mark in the fields of economics and technology in Bangladesh. The ICT sector will get a boost as the capacity for data and information transfer will be much higher, the speed of transfer will be much faster, voice transfer will have much better quality, the internet and telephone charges will fall abruptly. As a result a host of possibilities for IT activities will open up in Bangladesh.
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'Poor governance' is one of the most-discussed issues in Bangladesh. Meetings and discussions have been galore on this issue with everyone, including those who were/are contributing to governance problem, highlighting the need for improving governance. But all the exhortations have failed to bring about any tangible change in the ground-level situation.
A historic event that took place near the shore of the Bay of Bengal on 22 May will have a far-reaching effect on the progress and prosperity of Bangladesh. On that day Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated the long awaited fibre optic submarine cable system at the landing station at Cox's Bazar and thus connected Bangladesh to the global information super highway. This event will remain as a land mark in the field of economy and technology in Bangladesh. The ICT sector will suddenly boost up as the capacity for data and information transfer will be much higher, the speed of transfer will be much faster, voice transfer will have much better quality, the internet and telephone charge will fall abruptly. As a result a host of possibilities for IT activities will open up in Bangladesh.