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ICT to check corruption, boost employment

Muhith tells Sylhet seminar

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
Finance minister AMA Muhith has stressed the role of ICT in creating new employment, raising work skills and productivity, containing corruption and attaining social develop ment.
He was addressing as chief guest at the inaugural session of an orientation seminar on 'Digital Bangladesh and our agenda' in Sylhet yesterday afternoon.
Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) organised the seminar at the Zila Parishad auditorium where a hundred district and division level officials and social leaders participated.
Adoption of ICT will reduce corruption and help to have citizen-centric and forwardlooking governance in the country, the finance minister said
The life and livelihood of a large number of populations, especially those living in rural areas, cannot be developed without proper utilising the ICT, he said.
The very first step for 'Digital Bangladesh' would be to spread the ICT education throughout tire country, he said.
Internet facilities arc being made available to the remotest corners of the country at a cheaper rate. A comprehensive programme and effort through a holistic approach needs to be made in this regard.
Market for software, outsourcing and programming needs to be broadened both at home and abroad and the government is working hard for that.
"When a country goes digital, all its activities of governance, commerce, education, agriculture etc, are supported by computer and internet," he said.
Today the ICT drives the technological and economic advancement of the developed as well as emerging economies, he said.
Today almost all the countries are heading towards a
knowledge-based society and Bangladesh cannot stay away from the race, speakers said at the function.
Il is very important to create skilled manpower educated in science and technology, they said, adding that the government has to take the main initiative while the other quarters also need to play important role.
Bangladesh is still lagging behind as economic hardship and illiteracy stand in the way, they said.
They urged making ICT education affordable for common people.
State minister for Science and ICT, architect Yafes Osman and Sylhet city Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran spoke as special guests while BCC Executive Director Mahfuzur Rahman and Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Saizadul Hasan spoke, among others, at the function presided over by Divisional Commissioner in charge Md Fazlur Rahman.