Digital connectivity key to build Smart Bangladesh: PM

UNB :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said digital connectivity would be the key to transform Bangladesh into a smart nation in every way.
“Digital connectivity will be the key tool to build Smart Bangladesh. Smart citizens, smart economy, smart government and smart society will be developed on the basis of digital connectivity,” she said in a video message aired at the inaugural ceremony of the Digital Bangladesh Fair-2023.
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Ministry arranged the three-day Digital Bangladesh Fair at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) for showcasing the IT and ITES products and services in the country.
She also hoped that the digital goods would play a significant role in investments and exports. Hasina said that Digital Bangladesh is now a reality and the next target is to build Smart Bangladesh and Smart Nation.
“There is no substitute for using ultra modern technology to achieve the target of building Smart Bangladesh,” she said.
The prime minister said her government wants Bangladesh to become prosperous economically, ensuring maximum use of the digital technology that includes artificial intelligence, internet, virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics and big-data.
In this connection, she said that 5G services will be ensured at the industrial regions.
She mentioned that a revolution has taken place in Bangladesh in terms of digitisation.
“Young generation is now seeing the dream of building Smart Bangladesh.”
The Prime Minister said that her government had launched Bangabandhu Satellite-1 in the orbit in 2018 which has brought a revolutionary change in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.
She said that Bangladesh is earning a huge amount of foreign currency by using unused frequencies from satellites.
PM Hasina said that steps have been taken to install Bangabandhu Satellite-2 with multifaceted working capacity aiming to materialise the target of establishing Smart Bangladesh. She said her government is going to set up a third submarine cable by 2024 as they have already installed the first and second submarine cables, adding that Bangladesh has so far achieved a bandwidth capacity of 3400 GBPS.