This slide about Digital Bangladesh.From this slide you guys can learn about prospect, Goals,achievement etc.

1. DIGITAL
BANGLADESH

2. Group Member
• Majharul Islam
• Muhammad Foyez Ahmed
• Robin Raihan
• Md Newaj
• Shuvo Das
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3. About Digital Bangladesh
• Digital Bangladesh is a wonderful vision that is
dreamt by the government and the literate class
for the technological development of Bangladesh.
It is an Idea that includes the IT use for
management, administration and governance to
ensure transparency, accountability and
answerability.
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4. What is Digital Bangladesh
• Digital Bangladesh doesn’t only mean the broad use of
computers , and embodies the modern philosophy of
effective and useful use of technology in terms of
implementing the promises in education , health , job
placement and poverty reduction. Digital Bangladesh means
a digital society which ensures an ICT driven knowledge-
based society where information will be readily available
online and where all possible tasks of the government,
semi-government and also private spheres will be
processed using the modern technology. So, "Digital
Bangladesh" must guarantee efficient and effective use of
modem ICT in all spheres of the society with a view to
establishing good governance.

5. Philosophy of Digital Bangladesh
• The philosophy of “Digital Bangladesh” comprises ensuring
people’s democracy and human rights , transparency ,
accountability , establishing justice and ensuring delivery of
government services to the citizens of Bangladesh through
maximum use of technology, with the ultimate goal being
the overall improvement of the daily lifestyle of general
people. This includes all classes of people and does not
discriminate people in terms of technology. The
government further emphasized on the four elements of
“Digital Bangladesh Vision” which are human resource
development , people involvement , civil services and use of
information technology in business.

6. Background Of Digital Bangladesh
• On the eve of the election, Bangladesh Awami
League, one of the major political parties, Frst
declared vision 2021with the aim to turn
Bangladesh into a digital country by the next
decade. More than a month ago, the Bangladesh
Computer Council also organized a computer fair
with the theme "Digital Bangladesh". It refers to an
e-state where all its activities of governance,
commerce, education, agriculture etc will be
powered by computer and internet.

7. Goals
Millennium Development Goals :
• GOAL 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
• GOAL 2: Achieve universal primary education.
• GOAL 3: Promote gender equity and empower
women.
• GOAL 4: Reduce child mortality.
• GOAL 5: Improve maternal health.

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• GOAL 6: Connecting Citizens and Government
• GOAL 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
• GOAL 8: Develop a global partnership for
development

9. Achievement
• Educational sector.
• Social sector.
• Agricultural sector.
• E commerce
• ICT sector

10. Education Sector
• Online Form Fill Up.
• ICT subject mandatory in school.
• Free education up to degree.
• Distributing books among the students at the first
day of the year.
• Every School has a mandatory library equipped
with necessary books.

11. Social sector
• Rural development such as safe drinking
water,sanitation,education.
• Vocational training institutes across the country
produce skilled manpower both for domestic and
overseas employment.
• Women empowerment.
• Child mortality reduced.

12. Agriculture sector
• Agriculture sector has grown annually at an
average growth rate of 3.9 percent during Awami
League tenure.
• In 35 districts, government has arranged to supply
tractors, power tillers, harvesters and other
agricultural equipment at 25 percent subsidized
price.
• supply seeds and fertilizers to the farmers free of
cost.

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• 10 ICT labs have been introduced. 15 multimedia e-
books have been prepared for farmers.
• Introduced krishi call centers.
• Agriculture related information through SMS
service
• Agriculture based bangla website.
• Agricultural input assistance

14. E Commerce Sector
• Ready Made Garments (RMG).
• Banking sectors (Online Banking).
• Online Shopping.
• Web Hosting, Domain.
• Oil and Gas sector etc.
• Online Transportation System, Hotel Management
and Tourism etc.

15. ICT Sector
• Online information center:
• Digital Info Centres in Union and Upazila Parishads.
• Information Portals in all 64 Districts Managed by
DCs
• Disaster early warning through mobile network.

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Connecting Citizens and Government:
• All 64 DC offices, PMO and Cabinet being connected with
video conferencing.
• Community radio being explored.
Internet:
• Affordable bandwidth price.
• 3G service.

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ICT in buiseness:
• 500 software and 500 ITES companies employing 25,000 people
• 100 companies exporting $30M (steady 20-25% yearly increase) to 30
countries
• ITES sub-sectors identified as growth areas
• IT Park and Hi-tech park to attract FDI in ICT sector.
Satellite:
• BANGABANDHU-1 Satellite.

18. The broad targets of Bangladesh by
2021
• 1. Achieve middle-income country status by 2021 through sustained
annual rate of GDP at 10 per cent by 2021.
• 2. Eradicate illiteracy after 2014, by ensuring 100 per cent net
enrolment at primary level and turn Bangladesh into a country of
educated people with adequate skills in information technology.
• 3. Substantially eradicate poverty by bringing down the number of
people living below the poverty line to 15%.
• 4. Ensure a minimum intake of 2,122 k. cal/person/day of food for all
and standard nutritional food to at least 85% of the population by 2021.

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• Reduce the unemployment rate to 15 percent.
• Eradicate all contagious diseases and increase life
expectancy to 70 years by 2021.
• Generate 20,000 MW of electricity by 2021, such that it
ensures per capita energy consumption to rise to 600 kwh.
• Promote and deepen the application of information
technology towards a digital Bangladesh.

20. Challenges
Academic Sector:
• Lack of technology- based Education.
• Lack of experienced and trained teachers.
• Poor training system of teachers
• Private coaching Business.
• Limited opportunities in IT sector.
• Weakness in English .
• Limited wages for teachers.
• Lack of awareness in IT sector.

21. Challenges
Lacking Manpower:
• less people to expand the IT sector.
• lack of baseline information.
• lack of vocational training institute.
• lack of opportunities for women.
• Lack of invitation for the youngsters .
• Tendency od moving abroad

22. Challenges
Lack of professionalism:
• Lack of scope to develop software industry
• Scarcity of skilled team leader /manager
• Lack of eagerness to achieve INT. Recognition
• Lack of knowledge among GOVT. stocks holders
• Immense interest for other Businesses
• Lack of resources and structural limitations.
• Insufficient “EQUAL -CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
FUND”.

23. Conclusion
• It is said “hope springs eternal in the human
breast” we also hope that we shall be able to turn
our war-shattered country into a digital Bangladesh
by bringing about an all round development
through all-out efforts of people of a all walks of
life.