Digital Bangladesh
Digital society focuses on technology where information must be available to all classes of people. It is obviously forward thinking, especially for a poverty ridden and developing country like Bangladesh. Each and every sector of a society should be interconnected through ICT. Connecting people and ensuring Good Governance is a core prerequisite for a digital Bangladesh. Good governance includes different indicators like accountability of the government, transparency of the government, effective parliament, effective democratic system, freedom of print and mass media, independence of judiciary, rule of law, and access to information etc. Effective implementation of the above indicators can be possible when society gets adaptation with ICT. Information should be exposed to mass people that can ensure true communication. Connecting people depends on access to information.
It is our dream to see digital Bangladesh by the year 2021.To me, education is the top most requirement for a digital Bangladesh. In Bangladesh education rate is definitely lower than other developed countries. Our government has adopted different policies in order to provide education to people in every strata of society.
Again our country is a rural based one. Only a few people know how to use computer and Internet. High digital distance is seen between rural and urban areas and the Internet facility is available in a few organisations in urban areas. Digital Bangladesh must ensure Internet facility to all organisations.
So, I appreciate the advanced thinking of our present government. But the problem lies in the buzzword-“Distance or Gap” Rich-poor gap, digital distance, old-young gap, cultural and technological gap between rural and urban areas that cannot be changed overnight. Our government needs to make their policies and plans by giving special attention to minimizing these distances.
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