By 2025, all public and private services in the country will be available online. This has been announced by State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
“The government is working to make all citizen services available online in four years, which will create 30 lakh IT and ITES jobs," the Minister said.
He was addressing a virtual programme on Friday night on the occasion of the launch of the Bangladesh chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), as the chief guest.
Already 6 million (60 lakh) people are availing citizen services online through 7,000 digital centres across the country, Zunaid said.
"The government has adopted a strategy of ‘Mission 5 billion dollars’ to earn 5 billion US dollars and achieve growth by 2025. Already one million dollars has been achieved," said Palak.
A draft strategy of the Made-in-Bangladesh-ICT industry has been prepared for producing digital devices in the country, he said.
Palak said the payment system has been digitised, which has led to rapid growth of mobile financial services and e-commerce, reports UNB.
In April 2021, some Tk 634.79 billion (63,479 crore) were transacted through mobile phone apps. The growth of e-commerce is about 166 per cent.
Already 8,000 Sheikh Russel digital labs have been set up at educational institutions to make the citizens ready for the fourth industrial revolution.
Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Centre has been established in 64 districts. Besides, Sheikh Hasina Institute of Frontier Technology and some 39 high-tech parks are being built in Bangladesh.
