Application of digital Technologies - to realize the vision of 2021 and 2041 Vision of 2021 – Middle-riddle Status Vision of 2041 – Developed Status Status of Bangladesh – Classified as close to Middle-Income countries by World Bank and valued as the Per Capita Gross National Income (GNI)

1. Presented by
Md. Naymul Ashfak, Department of CSE, UITS,
২০৪১ এ বাাংলাদেশ, আমার স্বপ্ন
Bangladesh
in 2041

2. Digital Bangladesh
• Application of digital Technologies
- to realize the vision of 2021 and 2041
• Vision of 2021 – Middle-riddle Status
• Vision of 2041 – Developed Status
• Status of Bangladesh – Classified as close to Middle-Income
countries by World Bank and valued as the Per Capita Gross
National Income (GNI)

3. National ICT Policy- Visions
Expand and diversify the use of ICT’s to establish a transparent, responsive
and accountable government
Develop skilled human resources
Enhance social equity
Ensure cost-effective delivery of citizen-services through public-private
partnerships
Support the national goal of becoming a middle-income country within ten
years and join the ranks of the developed countries of the world within thirty
years.

4. National ICT Policy- Mission
• The objective covers (Mission)
- Social Equity
- Productivity
- Integrity
- Education and Research
- Employment Generation
- Strengthening Exports
- Healthcare
- Universal Access
- Environment, Climate and Disaster
Management
- Supports to ICTs
• Short term, mid-term and long-term plans consist of 306 actions plans

5. Achievements in ICT Sector: Few Examples
• Online Banking Sectors speed up the financial activities.
• Online submission of Tax returns.
• SMS services in the E-Governance, Police stations.
• Online payments of utility bills, mobile banking, direct digital
services to rural areas
• Instant communication services, telemedicine services,
videoconferencing for treatment of diseases and
administrative services,
• Information service centers in nearly five thousand upazila
post offices

6. Dreams
• Content preservation for culture and heritage
• Online services to economic and ethnic Minorities,
Women and Children
• Citizen Participation to bridge the digital divide

7. Dreams
• Sustainability of ICT based citizen services
• Innovation in Enterprises by automation of operations and
M.I.S. Icreased Investments
• Productivity in Service sector

8. Dreams
• Mass literacy with research based ICT center of excellence
tools in university and public sectors
• Protection and privacy sharing Digital Content
• Closer collaboration between academia and
industry aligning curriculum, ICT based education,
Human capital to develop new ideas and
technologies.

9. Dreams
• Community awareness and access to health care facilities
among disadvantage people by ICT delivery system
• Employment, Skilled ICT work force in Global demands
• Promotion and Branding ICT product and services

10. Dreams
• Provision for Environment friendly green
technologies
• Sharing backbone infrastructure and satellite services in
the less developed areas
• Using Satellite services for managing and early-warning of
disaster

11. Conclusions
• Our Dream encompasses
- Short -term, Mid-term and long-term goals of National ICT Policy
- To Achieve the top ranks in ICT Development Index (IDI)
- Access
- Use
- Skills
- To Achieve reasonable position in E-Government Development Index
- Online services
- Technological infrastructure
- Human Capital
- -Training and monitoring Human capital and regular services
- - By Academia, industry and Government