Speakers at an inception workshop on the e-Parliament Feasibility Study have underscored the importance of digital transformation in establishing a more inclusive, transparent, and citizen-centric Parliament in Bangladesh.
The workshop was jointly organised by the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat (BPS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Embassy of Switzerland. It was held in Dhaka on Thursday as part of the UNDP's Strengthening Institutions, Policies, and Services (SIPS) project, which supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality).
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Mirsharai, strategically located within around 70km radius of an international airport and a sea port in the country’s commercial capital, Chittagong, now being developed as a national special economic zone (NSEC) has all the protentional to be turned into a seaside bayview smart city.
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I visited Sylhet and Dhaka recently which gave me the opportunity to observe at close range how the environment in Bangladesh was conducive to bring to reality smart opportunities the 21st century brings to its doorstep.
After all what are smart cities? Urban areas where technology and data collection are used to help improve quality of life and ensure sustainability and efficiency of city operations where information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet of Things (IoT) and other smart technologies are used by local governments for transportation, energy conservation and infrastructure. The more a city incorporates these technologies to update its systems and structures the smarter the city becomes!
According to the Information and Communication Technologies Division (ICTD), Smart Bangladesh will be built on four main pillars: Smart Citizens, Smart Government, Smart Economy, and Smart Society
As Bangladesh transitions from the vision of a Digital Bangladesh to the ambitious goal of becoming a Smart Bangladesh by 2041, the nation stands on the cusp of a transformative journey. This evolution aims to leverage advanced technologies, foster innovation, and enhance connectivity to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.
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State minister for post, telecommunication and information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, on Thursday said that the government had been working to build Rajshahi as modern, time-fitting and smart city.
‘Around a decade ago, we had many dreams but now we see that many of those dreams have been materialised. Preliminary, it was very challenging to finish the works but as a result of farsighted development policies of the government we have achieved success,’ he added.
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