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Telecentre Reference Desk was inaugurated on March 30 under the umbrella of Bangladesh Telecentre Network (BTN).

Vice Chancellor of BRAC University and BTN Advisor professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury formally inaugurated the desk. Md. Masum Billah, task force leader of the desk made a presentation on Telecentre Reference Desk at the inaugural ceremony.

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The government has formulated a policy for operating community radio in Bangladesh.

“The policy titled ‘Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operation Policy 2008’ is now available at the website of the Ministry of Information,” a statement issued by the Press Information Department said.

Nowadays, radio is the most effective media in delivering information and message to the people easily and instantly.

Newly formulated community radio policy will help people to have access to information and knowledge.

Regarding English version on Community Radio Installation, Broadcast - Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication Promoting Communication Technology for a Fairer World Dear Madam/Sir, Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs [Bytesforall Readers Forum]

The committee, formed to formulate a draft on the Right to Information Ordinance 2008 has prepared a preliminary draft after reviewing the Law Commission report on right to information and existing laws of the SAARC countries.

The preliminary draft (Bangla) has been put on the information ministry website WWW.MOI.GOV.BD [1] seeking public opinion on it.

 National Workshop on Community Radio in Bangladesh
Community Radio is going to be the Voice of Rural people

ICT Teachers Training - There are approximately 3000 lecturers in all the colleges around the country to teach ICT courses in 11th and 12th grade students. The ICT course is [Bangla ICT]

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A farmer at Bhanga Upazilla in Faridpur district was facing serious problems, as his green chilli trees were virus infected.

An owner of Community Information Center (CIC) under the umbrella of Grameen Phone came to know the problem. Collecting information from ruralinfobd.com, a site promoting information on agriculture, the entrepreneur gave the farmer an advice.

Abu Zafar Babu, at Badda in Dhaka, has turned his laundry shop to an e-hut -- a telecentre type of bussiness. He earns around Tk 800 (USD 11) a day from Internet surfing alone. He offers basic computer courses where each trainee is paying Tk 1500 (USD 22) for the course. The basic computer literacy course allows students and professionals to become knowledgeable about: how to operate computers, how to install basic software and how to troubleshoot some problems.  Babu said a few small bussinesses and residents in the area wanted to take Internet connection using e-hut services.

HackFest @ Jahangirnagar University - Friends, The very first HackFest in Bangladesh was arranged on Friday (18th January, 2008) at Jahangirnagar University. It was arranged by Ankur ICT [Bangla Wiki]

More information about this HackFest:

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