Speakers at a seminar in the city yesterday underscored the need for more private sector In volvement In making the Internet service cheaper and to help expand Its growth in Bang ladesh, reports BSS.

They also observed that the government should work only as a regulatory body instead of controlling the service.

The seminar on "Internet and Its application" was organised by Bangladesh Computer Society at the seminar hall of Civil Engineering Department of BUET.

Presided over the vice-president of the society. Prof Dr Aminul Hogue, it was also addressed by Dr Lutfor Rahman of Dhaka University computer de-Bartment and Tareq Mosaddeq arkatullah of Bangladesh

Computer Council.

At present, around 15 private organisations are working as Internet service providers in the country. Bangladesh is connected to the global network through communication satellites via Singapore, the seminar was told.