State Minister for Science and Technology Prof MA Mannan Tuesday said computer a common technology In the de veloped countries used in day to day matter. To reach our expected goal of development we have to expedite the uses of computers, he added, reports BSS.

The State Minister was inaugurating the first special evening training course on "Introduction to computer. Application Packages and Programming at Ban^adesh Computer Council seminar room here.

Presided over by the Executive Director of Bangladesh Computer the meeting was also addressed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Techndlogy Abdullah Haroon Pasha

' Twenty officers from various government and autonomous bodies are participating In the training course.

Prof Mannan said, want of awareness is still the main deterrence tn popular use of computer in our country. We will be able to overcome this situation by organising sufficient tralrfing courses on computer, he said