MIS 105.

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Ashik Imran Khan

Digital Bangladesh
 Group Members
Names ID
Mithila Chowdhury 123 0332 030

Faiyaz Ferdous Khan 133 0785 630

Alvee Sadman 132 1015 630

Lamyeah Zerin 133 0135 630

Sadman Saif 133 0812 030

 What is Digital Bangladesh?
 Introduced by current political party in 2009

 Transforming Bangladesh into a middle income country

 Improve the overall standard of living of the country

 Basically focuses on the development of information

technology sector

 Includes changes in other

sectors as well
 Mission and Vision
 Vision is to turn Bangladesh into a digital country by 2021,

which is the golden jubilee year of Bangladesh

 Government has broken down their Vision 2021 into several

major missions –

Develop the human resources of Bangladesh

Facilitate better connectivity through improved network

services

Private sector domination in several sectors

 Digitalization does not imply internet literacy only

 Entire society should be knowledge-based

 All the activities or steps taken should be consistent with each

other

Apart from information sector, government needs to focus on other

sides as well. Some of them are like– Education, Health care,

Unemployment, Urbanization, Pollution, e.t.c

 Advancement in Different fields and
Services

 Information Technology Section –

 Began in Bangladesh with nuclear research during the 1960’s.

 Started to get substantial attention during the 1990’s.

 Bangladesh was ranked first in software and IT services

competitiveness and third in competencies, after India and China

 The government expects the IT sector to add 7.28 percent to

GDP growth by 2021.

 Advancement in Different fields and
 Basis -
Services
 “Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services”

 Trade body for software and IT enabled service Industry of Bangladesh.

 Established on 1997
 Vision- “Developing Vibrant Software and IT industry in Bangladesh”.

 Basis – Objectives:-

 Domestic Market Development

 International Market Development

 Capacity Building

 Member Service Development

 Advocacy,Social Contribution
 Advancement in Different fields and
Services (Contd.)
 E-Commerce-
Combines a range of process-
 Electronic Data Interchange
 Electronic Mail (E-mail)
 World Wide Web (WWW)
 Internet Applications
 Network Application
 Bangladesh-one of the largest market in the world compared to world
population
 People are not concerned
 Usage of computer in Bangladesh is very low
 Speed of the Internet is slow
 Some companies/vendors in Bangladesh have started their business through
E-Commerce, and they achieved tremendous success.
 Noteworthy e-commerce sites in Bangladesh are- Bikroy.com, Cellbazar.com,
Ekhanei.com etc.
E-Commerce-Process
 Advancement in Different fields and
Services (Contd.)
E-Business-
 Immense opportunities are being created.
 enables the external activities and relationships
of the business with individuals, groups and other
businesses.
 Banking Sector
New Channel for Distribution Process
 B2B
 B2C
 C2C
 Advancement in Different fields and
Services (Contd.)
E-Governance-
 Establish democratic and vital government
 Fight against poverty
 Bi-directional flow of information between citizens and
government
 Transform relations with citizens, business and other
arms of government in the delivery of services
 Efficient, speedy and transparent process for
performing government administration activities.
 Plays an important role in economic and social
development co-operation
 Advancement in Different fields and
Services (Contd.)
E-Service-
 Access to Information Program (A2I)
 Jatiyo InfoKosh (The National Information e-Cell of
Bangladesh)
 Services-Agriculture, Health, Education, Law and
Order, Citizen Charter, Tourism, Weather and Disaster
management, Science and Information and
Communication Technology, Industry and Business,
Heritage and Culture, Career and Employment etc.
 Bangla Language and presents through Images, Audio,
Video, Animation, Documentary and in Text format.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Agriculture -
 Largest sector comprising almost 80% peoples’
involvement by contributing 21-23% of the GDP.
 Dynamic progress using modern technologies
developed by Department of a Agricultural Extension
(DAE).
 E- Gov’t initiative by Department of a
Agricultural Marketing (DAM).
 Information and advisory services by various
govt. and Non-Govt. organizations
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Corporate Sector-
 Significant momentum through the use of ICT.
 ICT sector boasts about 500 software, ITES companies
and 10,000 registered and unregistered hardware
vendors.
 Leveraging ICTs to promote access to markets.
 Leveraging ICTs to maintain a socially responsible and
equitable market.
 To open up markets for small entrepreneurs and large
business.
 Promoting the ICT business.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Disaster Management –
ICTs can play a critical role in all four phases
of disaster risk management cycle like
preparedness, mitigation, response and
recovery by providing timely reliable
information, rapid communication, sharing
information and rendering ICT based advisory
services for effective coordination and
planning.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Education –

 Significant progress in primary and secondary levels by

means of ICTS.
 Different ICTs are now set to become instrumental

 Distance education has got a thrust after the evolution

of ICT-based education system.
 1,000 teachers trained with plans to teach around
50,000 on multi-media.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Health –
 Remarkable progress in child immunization.

 ICT-enabled healthcare service delivery and capacity

building.
 Internet connectivity and doctors’ access through
mobile phone at over 800 health centers; video
conferencing facility in community clinics.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Human Resource Development –

 Key objective is to make the best use of new technologies to build world-class 21st
century.

 Providing vocational and ‘lifelong education’ opportunities to the youth and adults :
 ICT Training for the Government Employees.
 Computer Training for Secondary School/College Teachers.
 Introduce Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) Program in public Universities .
 ICT Internship program to provide on the job training to new graduates.
 Standard computer training centers at Divisional & District headquarters. 
 ICT Professional Skill Assessment and Enhancement Program (IPSAEP)
 Establishment of training Laboratories in the educational institutions at the
Upazilla level.
 Establishment of Community e-Centers in the rural area throughout the country
by the Government & NGO.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
Land and Water Resources -
 60% of the people’s livelihoods are directly linked to
land.
 Gov’t declaration for electronic administration of land
and water resources.
 Digital land management system through creation of a
digital archive of existing and new surveys of all 64
districts.
Evolution of Digital Bangladesh in Various
Sectors
 Social Safety Needs-
 Government is operating various allowances under Social
Safety Net program.
 Programs are conducted through Department of Social
Services, Department of Women Affairs, offices of project
implementation officers and various government offices.
 To ensure the programs concerned government offices are
maintaining E-Diary.
 Improvements Made So Far
 Domestic and International Connectivity

The key developers of Digital Bangladesh are:

 Mobile operators
 Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL)
 Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB)
 Bangladesh Railway (BR)
 Public Switch Telecommunication Network (PSTN) operators
 New entrant Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission
Network (NTTN)
 Bangladesh is connected to the Information super Highway via
submarine cable through SEA-ME-WE 4 (South East Asia –
Middle East – west Europe 4) consortium and are also thinking of
participating in the Upgrade -3 process of the consortium.
 Improvements Made So Far
 Telecommunication Service
 Landlines are the pioneers of telecommunication service and are
still in the market.
 98% people, about 63 billion of the population (including villagers)
uses mobile phones today.
 3G license has been awarded to the four leading mobile operators in
our country.
 Broadband and Last Mile Connectivity
 Most of the people in our country uses internet through their
mobile phones.
 Only 0.4million users are fixed-line Internet users.
 To develop a sound PPP (public-private partnership) the government
has taken many initiatives.
 Local Government Division has set up Union Parishad Information
and Service Centers at a lot of unions with computers and internet.
Telecommunication Process
 Improvements Made So Far
 In alignment with the ‘Digital Vision’, Bangladesh post office (BPO)
has initiated many e-services.
 Bangladesh Computer Council is providing broadband internet
connectivity through the Edge Modem to 1200 schools in the Upazilas.
Content Development and Services
 D-Net a non-profit organization took the initiative in creating a trend
of developing Bangla language in digital content.
 Mobile based health and educational help-lines are a good example of
the initiatives taken to develop contents.
 Many radio stations and TV programs now directly get connected to
their audience through the mobile phones and internet services.
 Sending SMS (short message service) and new internet chatting
applications such as Viber and Whatsapp are very famous.
• However TV, radio stations and other services still has limited access
to many parts of the nation. This needs to be developed very quickly.
 Improvements Made So Far
 Microfinance
The key institutions that do micro financing to the poor

The major sectors of investments

 Improvements Made So Far
 Improvements in the IT sector

 The ICT industry has had a steady growth throughout. Today it

has become one of the largest employers around and is a
significant part of the global outsourcing business.
 A good number of software and IT companies in Bangladesh are
serving the domestic market. Many companies nowadays export
software and IT.
 Some major disadvantages of the It sector is that they lack
effective funding, the country has still not earned the name of
software service exporting country which is creating a problem
for them to capture the market and they lack sound Human
resource.
 The government can help them greatly by providing funds and
adopting new projects by working closely with private firms.
 Improvements Made So Far
 Equal Working Rights for Women
 Equal Employment Opportunities
 Increased per Capita Income
 According to the World Bank, Bangladesh has a gross domestic
profit of US$173.8 billion in nominal terms and US$419.2 billion in
PPP terms. In 2014 the per-capita income stood at US$1,190.
 In spite of political instability, poor infrastructure and natural
disasters GDP growth has at averaged at a modest rate of 6% in the
last ten years.
 Bangladesh has made significant advances in human development –
I. Universal primary education
II. Raising health and nutrition levels
III. Promoting family planning and population control
IV. The ready-made garments factory has hired more employees than
before.
 Improvements Made So Far
 Increased Productivity Rate

 Industrialization
 Business through the use of ICT has taken some momentum in
the country.
 It is structurally modifying how people nowadays behave,
interact or create value.
 Factors Halting the Development Process
 Brain Drain
 A loss of trained professionals from one country to another.
 This term is usually used to describe the departure of doctors,
engineers, scientist or financial professor.
 People seek better life, better opportunity better future
 Students leaving
 Unemployment Problem
 Unemployment means the state of being without any job both for
educated and uneducated
 Thousands of thousands people are totally unemployed in Bangladesh.
 Illiteracy and Poverty
 Literacy means to have the ability to write and read. Not the ability to
write ones name.
 One third of the whole population still live under the poverty line. That
means almost 45 million people.
Factors Halting the Development Process

 Over Population

 Bangladesh has the worlds highest rate of population

growth in the world
 Every year more than two million people are added

 Bangladesh holds the 8th place in the world in respect of

population
 The population will be 30 cores within the next 30 years
 Steps Required to Overcome Obstacles
 Encourage more government and foreign investment

 Imposition of strict law

 Availability of better law

 Skilled workforce and better training facilities

 Globalization

 Creating better environment for people to live

 Increasing exports

 Ensuring better education

 Ensuring better health care

Any Questions?