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Govt keen on automation of its entities: Muhith

Star Business Report
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday the government is trying to computerise its entities first under a Digital Bangladesh roadmap to ensure transparency and accountability in governance.
"The priority should be to digitise all government entities," said the minister. "Unless the government itself is digitised, nothing will be achieved."
Muhith also disclosed the government's plan to set up cyber cafes in rural areas. "It may not be possible to provide computers or internet services to all. But if we set up cyber cafes, ordinary people will be able to access information technology," he said.
"Without minimising a digital divide, we cannot make a Digital Bangladesh." said the minister at a roundtable on 'Roadmap for Digital Bangladesh: Targets to be achieved" organised by Bangladesh Observer at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
Earlier, the government in its election manifesto made a commitment to build a Digital Bangladesh by 2021 by serving people through information and communication technology.
Citing an example, Muhith said if the police department gets automated, people can get updates on
their complaints from anywhere. "And corniption will be reduced in the agency, as all information will be available on the internet," he said.
The minister said the government is working to make a roadmap on how to implement the Digital Bangladesh pledge. "A complete roadmap will come out by 2010."
Hasanul Huq Inu, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on post and telecommunication ministry, echoed the finance minister and said existing analogued-based administration must be changed.
He urged the finance minister to cut taxes on
information and communicationservices.
Alamgir Hossain, former chairman of Computer Science Department of Dhaka University, stressed the need to ensure security measures before going for massive automation.
The government should put in place an action plan on how to translate the Digital Bangladesh pledge into reality, said Habibullah N Karim, president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services.
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, editor of Bangladesh Observer, was also present at the roundtable.