Japan-BD partnership crucial to build qualified leadership thru’ ‘Smart Leadership Academy’
City Desk :
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Wednesday emphasized the partnership of both Japan and Bangladesh in forming the qualified leadership of Smart Bangladesh-2041 through ‘Smart Leadership Academy’.
On the second day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Japan, Palak, who accompanied the Premier, highlighted the issue at a meeting with
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Ishiguro Norihiko at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, said a release in Dhaka, reports BSS.
The state minister said: “We’ve established an effective ‘Smart Leadership Academy’. The partnership of both countries is very important to make the ‘Smart Leadership Academy’ more effective in forming the qualified leadership of Smart Bangladesh in 2041.”
He said that government officials, journalists, politicians, doctors will get the opportunity to acquire knowledge about research and latest ventures and features of technology from the ‘Smart Leadership Academy’.
Besides, Palak emphasized the development of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, latest progress in the country’s IT sector and the ‘Smart Bangladesh’ regulation in 2041, the release added.
During the meeting, he discussed establishment of Society 5.0, frontier technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, microchip and nanotech designing and cyber security with the Chairman of JETRO.
They also discussed in detail how to cooperate in business expansion between Japanese and Bangladeshi companies, attracting Japanese companies to invest in high-tech parks and cyber security in Bangladesh and further development of the information technology (IT) sector of Bangladesh through mutual cooperation of both the countries.
After the meeting, the state minister handed over Bangabandhu’s biography (written in Japanese language), a souvenir of JETRO-ICT department’s joint partnership and a book written on the achievements of Digital Bangladesh to the JETRO Chairman. Senior officials of JETRO were present at the time.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is currently visiting Japan as a part of her 15- day official trip to Japan, the USA and the UK.
Japan welcomed the Bangladeshi Premier on April 25 by rolling out the red
carpet and also gave her static guard of honor at the airport.
