Digitisation accelerates economic progress, makes life easier

BSS, Rangpur :
The tremendous success achieved in the digitisation process has already turned Bangladesh into a digital country accelerating its economic progress and easing civic life.
The common people, youths, students, Information Technology (IT) specialists and educationists believe that digitisation has created a social renaissance for faster progress, making life dependable on Internet services.
Experts, academics, educationists, farmers, IT specialists, young generations and students, people from all walks in life are getting tremendous help from digital facilities which is available now all-around.
Farmers Ali Hossain and Swapan of this reason said they are easily getting information on crop farming from Union Information Service Centres (UISCs).
Students Abdul Khaleque, Laila and Kohinoor said they filled in their admission forms using online facilities successfully to take part in admission tests and seat for higher education in a hassle-free manner.
“We downloaded all information for the admission tests using internet at the lowest costs without moving from our own areas,” said Ashraf, Ferdousi, Mukul, Kohinoor.
Students Parul Rani and Radhika Rani said they took training on computer, browsing Internet under instructions of young entrepreneurs Ariful Islam and Sabiha Sabrina at Moidandighee UISC in Boda upazila three years back for better future.
“Now, we have set up our own computer centre and earning better” they added.
They also said that they could not think life without computer and ICT facilities.
System Analyst and Programmer of RangSoft’ ICT Services Mahbubul Huda said the digital facilities have made the admission process and access to all other public services easier and hassle-free for the commoners.
Senior journalist Rafik Sarker said the common people are getting immense benefits from UISCs and other service providers on e-agriculture, e-health and e-education.
Head of Programme Coordination of RDRS Bangladesh Monjushree Saha said digitisation has created an epoch-making social renaissance for building a medium income Bangladesh as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“By virtue of digitisation and Internet facilities, the country is rapidly achieving the indexes of the Millennium Development Goals,” she added.
Terming digitisation as a turning point for faster national development, Executive Director of’ North Bengal Institute of Development Studies’ Dr Syed Samsuzzaman said people are also earning through outsourcing utilising ICT facilities adding to remittance.