Bangladesh ICT4D Network

it looks like the people of bangladesh aren't benefitting that much from reduced prices in bandwidth. while the wholesale prices came down, it hasn't translated into reduced prices, especially for business-oriented connections. check this entry in the Lirneasia blog: http://lirneasia.net/2009/04/bangladesh-leased-line-prices-down-but-are-the-customers-benefited/

A recently published report, sponsored by Nokia Siemens Network and authored by Leonard Waverman of University of Calgary, ranks U.S.A in no. 1 position for [telecommunications/broadband] network connectivity in the "Innovation driven economies" category. It also places Bangladesh near the bottom ranks in the "Resource & efficiency driven economies" category; whereas Malayasia is ranked 1st in the same category of countries.

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Invitation to National Consultation on ICT Roadmap - Sorry for Cross-Posting. Please find here an invitation to the National Consultation on ICT Roadmap for Bangladesh. If are not in Dhaka, please send your [Bangla ICT]

Fw: Breaking News: Cabinet passes right to information(RTI) law in - Cabinet passes right to information law in Bangladesh Dhaka, Sept 20 The advisory council has given final approval to a new right to information law 2008, [Bytesforall Readers Forum]

For the ICT sector, a policy was formulated at the beginning of this decade and was approved by the government in 2002. The policy captures the aspirations of the sector and some well-thought-out objectives. However, it also contains some lacunae.

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The government is planning to bring 62,000 primary schools of the country under the computer database system, said Rasheda K Chowdhury, Adviser of the ministry of primary and mass education.

"The computer database system will contain overall information about the country's primary schools," she said while addressing a review meeting of under-implementation projects of 2007-08 at the Secretariat on June 12.

The system would also include information in which villages and char areas do not have any schools, she mentioned.

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The deputy commissioner offices in four districts of Dhaka, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Comilla have come under electronic automation systems under the government’s strengthening ICT (SICT) programme, said a planning ministry press release.

In view of the automation, the office management and service delivery systems of the DC offices improved to a great extent saving money, time and manual labour while different forms and documents have now been made available online.

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The government has taken an initiative to review the National ICT Policy 2002. The review committee headed by Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury has already started working.

The first meeting of the committee was held on 17 May 2008 at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC). Former Advisor to the caretaker government Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury was present in the meeting representing Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN).