The Honorable Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announced Digital Bangladesh on December 12, 2008. Then after 12 years of tireless work, relentless efforts, and joint efforts of the government and the private sector, we see the reality of Digital Bangladesh in 2022 Now is the time to build Smart Bangladesh We are on the way to Smart Bangladesh. At this time, if we properly review and observe the journey of Digital Bangladesh and can accordingly formulate a prope
r plan and precise strategy, Then it is very possible to build Smart Bangladesh by 2041 Dear viewers, how will that Smart Bangladesh be? What should be the role of mine, yours, and ours? To find out and share the answers to these questions, we have organized the program, BASIS Presents Road to Smart Bangladesh Powered by Huawei Myself, Russell T. Ahmed, is here with you. Dear viewers, we all know, the elected government of 2009 in their election manifesto on December 12, 2008, announced Digital
Bangladesh. Where the expectation of promoting Bangladesh from a low-income country to a middle-income country using technology was expressed. Later in 2021, Bangladesh was transformed into Digital Bangladesh. According to the adopted resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in November 2021 by November 24, 2026, Bangladesh will be upgraded from least developed country to the category of developing country In the continuation, according to the statement given by the then Finance Ministe
r the government has digitalized 1851 services out of 2425 provided to the citizens. According to the trends shown by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Bangladesh has made considerable progress in both the e-Governance Development Index and the e-Participation Index. On the other hand, according to the data provided by The Global Economy, Bangladesh is also advancing forward in the Government Effectiveness Ranking. And in the Global e-Government Development Ranking, B
angladesh ranks just behind Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, Sri Lanka and India. Along with that, if we consider each dimension of e-Government Development Index i.e., EGDI 2022, Telecommunication, Connectivity, Online Services, Human Capacity, in comparison to the world average, it can be seen that Bangladesh is moving forward. The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is allocating budget to the ICT sector, and it is increasing every year. But compared to the entire budget of the gove
rnment, the ICT budget is negligible. On the other hand, the good news is that as we saw a while back, 1851 services have become digital, among them 95% has been implemented by ICT Service Providers of Bangladesh. Synesis IT is one of them. Let's hear the story of Synesis IT 17 years ago from today, some young IT graduates from BUET got together with a vision to become a globally respected company, we co-founded Synesis IT. Our core focus areas among e-Governance are G2C and G2B We have vendored
more than 200 national important projects I can say with great confidence that Synesis is one such ICT solution provider, the services of which are somehow connecting the common people of Bangladesh From the very beginning, we are working on e-Health. especially during the COVID time, you may know about Shasthobatayan in the last 12-14 years, we have served about 4.5 crore people. apart from that there is Passport Batayan, for those concerned with passports, the Passport Batayan services are fo
r them 333 is such a platform where all the data of various government services are stored. People dial this number whenever they want to know about any government services from anywhere Biometric SIM registration platform, the work we have done on that platform And through it every telco and every person using SIM, is connected to it We have become World Champion in e-Health, we have received the ASOCIO Award and also received the United Nations WITSA Award so, this award or trophy is not our m
ain achievement as we believe. The services we have delivered to the doorsteps of the people of the country with our devotion, our scope of work For the benefit of the people and country, is our biggest achievement. Now the problem we face is that when we are recruiting someone we have to train and prepare them for a long time and BASIS has played a vital role here they have done skillset enhancement through their training. But the domain expertise, the industry knowledge, we have to build that
on our own. From here, I think BASIS has an opportunity to play a significant role We are capable enough to render any kind of big size projects without getting any assistance from the foreign companies From this point on, I think, that include such criteria we just face, Despite having capabilities of local companies, we can’t participate there So, I believe, if we get support from government and industry plus BASIS we are enough to build Smart Bangladesh The four pillars identified to create a
Smart Bangladesh, among which one of the main pillars is Smart Governance And to implement this Smart Governance, we need to discuss very important issues like e-governance. To discuss this topic, four prominent personalities have joined us. We have Ms. Samira Zuberi Himika, CEO, Giga Tech Ltd. and Senior Advisor at Beximco Computers Limited, Mr. Shoeb Ahmed Masud, Director, Business Automation Ltd., Dr. Forhad Zahid Shaikh, Chief, e-Governance Specialist, a2i, ICT Division and Mr. Rafiqul Isla
m Duke, Managing Director, Flora Telecom Limited Let’s welcome our 4 special guests. Thank you all for joining us. We are at a time when we are witnessing the reality of Digital Bangladesh and now we have just started the journey of Smart Bangladesh And from that perspective, our today's Road to Smart Bangladesh. All of you are working on different sectors of e-governance and we know how important e-governance is in building Smart Bangladesh I believe today's discussion will be lively on the one
hand and on the other hand, for policy owners, our general audience, and various stakeholders, it will be a very fruitful discussion for everyone If we start the discussion with you, Shoeb bhai You are providing important services like conducting Hajj digitally that has been giving for many years So, with the various services of the government, you are delivering them to the citizens If you share the bigger perspective of delivering this service to citizens, that what the future might look lik
e, where we are, where we can go forward, and how The process of Hajj that you have given as an example, started on a small scale in 2009 where some forms and data entry services were provided online. If I were to come back 15 years later today and see a place where various services are being delivered online, and the full process is done electronically. Here is a place that, while using any application, to provide government services, the first thing is identification of the person there we hav
e connected with NID or passport. As a result, our service has been greatly simplified We can identify who is using the service If I were to say what lies here in terms of smartness and onwardness In terms of onwardness, what we often see is a service where payment is involved. The transactions here may not be fully electronic. The process may not be entirely digital So, what I'm seeing as going forward is that here, If we can make the payment electronically with all services then it will become
a fantastic service. Earlier, all our platforms were web based they are going to be in mobile app, the government has already decided. Step by step, they are bringing these services to the citizens Shoeb bhai, if I ask you about another matter it is often said about the capacity of Bangladeshi companies that how capable we are in implementing small, medium or large projects of the government you and Business Automation are a great example of that capability For many years, you have been provid
ing a complex service like Hajj every year and From what I understand, if you have connectivity and a smart device then these two elements contribute significantly to the digitalization or the era of Digital Bangladesh we've witnessed, where connectivity has reached everywhere. And to some extent, good-quality smart devices reaching everyone is also a necessity? The two questions that you have asked, one about local company’s’ capabilities and the other is about smart devices, So, the first thin
g I see is that, when I say about ability, it's relative. Let's say that, there are some skills, technologies, tools that are not actually possible for local companies in Bangladesh we must take the cooperation of global companies. The question is about vending, that when foreign companies are coming to Bangladesh, How I am actually blending them with local companies so that it will sustain If we want to do this sustainably, it will definitely need two sides. Otherwise, a company from outside ca
nnot operate in Bangladesh. And at a certain level, definitely Bangladeshi companies have the capacity If you look at multiple ministries, you'll notice that currently, local companies' software is operating there successfully and effectively If I come to you now, Duke Bhai the government will purchase and the private sector will mainly implement the government's plans or projects So, the implementation of this plans or projects from the private sector what are the challenges we are facing now f
rom your experience? And at the same time, if you also guide us how can we overcome those challenges? I am a very positive person. In fact, if there are challenges, there are also opportunities. Actually, in any big project, manpower is the number one requirement The domain you will work in, if you work in banking or IT security, you must have some manpower at that level Besides, finance is a big issue Another big thing is contracting So, the contract has to be such a way that financing becomes
problem-free. Maximum you will see, in our childhood, we used to see bridges which are half done So, that may be underpricing, or the contractor may have moved away with the money, or maybe the valuation wasn't right, the money wasn't received timely and the project couldn't be completed, same goes for IT projects. So, here, if financing, cash flow, this management is right, and profitability is very important No big project can be done without money or profit. So, there must be a 20-30% margin.
Smart Bangladesh- we have the vision of 2041 So, if we start a journey today, the project might be finished in 5 years. Also, we need planning, costing, procurement law a 15-20-years maintenance budget. And interestingly if your project is supposed to 40 million dollars, in maintenance, you will need additionally 40-80 million dollars in 20 years. We are doing beautiful Government projects, But sometimes the project is being closed after 3 years due to lack of maintenance budget. Does that mean
that if I would say the government is the buyer in this case, or implementing organization, is it mainly due to the lack of awareness of the implementing organization? That means before they going for purchase, they are not doing proper planning- is it like that? The thing is actually, suddenly we see tender, So actually, we can't blame the government either. We, who are identified as private, our responsibility is also to give the government some experience and ideas about the technology befor
e the tender is issued about its costing budget, maintenance cost So, when they are budgeting, there should be a coordination of the public sector with the private sector As per the clearance of that project, the PCP can be designed rightly. Amazing About this issue, we, from BASIS, a few days ago have given an idea to the Ministry of Planning that whenever a new purchase is decided or contemplated From the time of that thinking, private sector, we meant BASIS of course, means involving BASIS Th
ere has also been an e-Gov Hub, whose main objective is to the Government or the appropriate organization which is considering the purchase from that time, if only we could aware them a little more, and organize it, then maybe this will be a little easier. Duke Bhai talked about technology transfer, When the meeting of the Smart Bangladesh Taskforce was held in August last year under the chairmanship of the Honorable Prime Minister, as a member of Smart Bangladesh Task Force, I was also present
in that meeting. Then I raised this as a proposal that, in the mega projects like Padma Bridge or Metrorail, too many technologies are also being used here a local company must be included here So that, technology can be transferred and we can take it forward from there. In this connect, my question to you is, what kind of policy support can we expect or demand from the government? The policy supports that will make the private sector more competitive, private sector will be more innovative, and
the private sector can play its role more appropriately. I think two important think One thing is, everyone has to do the work sustainably. If one becomes weak, then actually we are talking about service to the citizens, we are talking about e-governance, there are many stakeholders in this sector. As there is government, there is the private sector, academia, and even the citizen himself So, if everyone does what they are supposed to do or what they are meant to achieve, if that balance can be
brought into the policy framework, then as Duke Bhai was saying, maybe maintenance is not being considered, or is the budget close to reality or as Shoeb Bhai was saying that being Smart is a relative matter, This means that during the planning of any initiative, there should some kind of engagement of everyone. A kind of engagement while making the budget, a level of engagement during project monitoring a kind of engagement to deliver the project, and later whether it is working properly or no
t, upgradation is very important. Look at India's policy frameworks. Where everyone is prioritizing giving a place to Indian companies first. which is clearly directed at the policy. And as the government itself knows, the private sector has also ensured it with their recommendations. The rules and regulations of public procurement, based on which purchases and sales are made the relationship we build up as buyers and sellers even there, I think we are standing on a 19th century policy. If we st
and today in 2024 and bring those things into that PPR framework, that what should the policy be at this time, At the same time public-private partnership, it also need to be changed or, it can be said that another level should be made in a smaller form. Public Private Partnerships are generally, if I am not wrong if the project is not of 100 or 200 crore, 1000 to 2000 crore Yes. If the project is not that type, it can’t be a PPP project. There is also a consideration to include small amounts of
money so that the PPP model can be accessible. And finally what I would say is that organizations like BASIS or organizations or platforms like e-Gov Hub, whatever we have, Even if we give recommendations from that place, a big platform is also needed where not only ICT Ministry, but also, the same thing you're talking about the task force, if we can give a very clear roadmap right now. Because now we are planning for Smart Bangladesh, right? So, at this time if we get that opportunity, with al
l the inputs, I think we will be in a good place Thank you very much Himika Forhad Bhai, now coming to you, the formula is given here, I discussed about it a little earlier, on the one hand you are working for A2I or ICT division, on the other hand, once you were also in the industry. Again, we see that, you maintain very close communication with the industry What is your opinion? How critical is the role of the industry in creating Smart Bangladesh? Firstly, I will say about the success of Dig
ital Bangladesh, besides that success we have also lost some opportunities. There is also learning areas for us If the question arises as you were saying in this case, what should be the role of BASIS and industry in building Smart Bangladesh? In the first task force meeting, you said, Hon'ble Prime Minister has created 15 subcommittees and according to that subcommittee, now the planning of various ministries will be done, in the coming days we will see, and all the ministries will actually ide
ntify smart initiatives, and smart planning And the country will move towards a reconstruction under the Smart Bangladesh Plan, you understand In these plans, though it is organized by the government, it is not sole planning of the government. Government knows the policy, Government is the implementer when we discuss about smart governance who will implement the technology there? Today, technology is not only software, today about Smart Bangladesh, whatever you discuss, Either AI, or IT, or mach
ine language, various emerging technologies are approaching, which will be taken forward by ICT industry. So, in those plans, in those projects, I believe industry players I will say most of our experts are in the industry, if they don’t sit on the planning table and give us proper advice, then there will be a huge gap We saw planning from 10 ministries a few days ago. There, we saw some esteemed professors from academia and several individuals from the industry as well. But I think, the number
is not very adequate. So, in the case of ministry-based ICT or Smart Bangladesh planning, The industry’s presence is desperately needed there Keeping an ecosystem in mind, what kind of transformation will happen in the coming days And from that transformation, 5 years from today I mean, after LDC graduation in 2026, what the country will achieve in 2031, and in 2041 If we can visualize that now what will happen after the transformation, and how to measure it, So, if we all move hand in hand in a
synergistic model, Only then it will be possible to build SMART Bangladesh Well said, Forhad Bhai Digital Bangladesh was a journey, we have finished it, now we are starting a new journey I think, at this time, it is very important to look back A performance appraisal is very important The performance appraisal will determine the prescription for the future So, Shoeb Bhai, if I come to you once again from that point which learnings, or working on which areas or which things should be corrected,
which policy should be formulated to make our journey smoother? And we will be able to build SMART Bangladesh of 2041? Your opinion, please Here, the roles are defined all over the world, who will do the work and how We don't need to explore from the beginning, we must observe what happened in the neighboring countries There, if I talk about sustainability, the government gives the work to the private sector companies The government will have some mechanism of its own to check and balance whethe
r they are doing the job or not. All the multinational companies, even other organizations, they have some resources of their own, which finalizes the scoping of the business and giving the work to the private entities accordingly And when they deliver the work again, by QC they are moving to the live production. So, everyone’s role is defined there Duke Bhai, in this platform Forhad Bhai is representing the government, and the other 3 of you are legends, Flora Telecom, Business Automation, Bexi
mco Computers, I want to hear something from you about the industry. SMART Bangladesh is ahead of us, there will be many big projects, and what do we want? We want the Bangladeshi companies to implement these projects. So, how to build the next Flora, the next Beximco Computers, or another Business Automation? If we are 100 big companies now, how can we have 1000 big companies in this industry? If you would say something about our industry people. First of all, the industry is huge, we think it
is of 100-200-500 crores, but actually, it is of 5 lakh crores. We have to think too smartly to actually enable that idea into business So here, another thing for all of us who are in the private sector Everyone has to create their own domain, domain knowledge which is called core competency So, in a journey of 28-25 years, I have done a lot of work in banking and have a product. So, a certain amount, maybe half of my workforce works on this banking technology alone And that's what we focus on m
ost And then there is identification, e-passport is one And if it's a large ERP, a local ERP with an external ERP company does the work of the government in a 70-30 or 60-40 revenue sharing model, so, sometimes foreign companies have the skills to do only ERP in IT, But the business process of every country is different and business process domain, as much as Bangladeshis will understand about Bangladesh People from London can't do that So, there is a matter of huge integration between the local
and the foreign. And also, an opportunity is, whenever the project is worth thousands of crores, if 30% of thousands of crores comes to Bangladesh, 300 crores is actually being deemed export. The money is coming to Bangladesh instead of going abroad So, collaboration is very important So, whenever it can be done, many big companies like Flora, and Beximco will be created. And I will say today everyone not to do everything Have individual targets, invest, make government understand and starting
the work as a pilot, gradually operating in a large scale. 17 million people in the country, the opportunity is huge. If you charge 1 taka, you will get a minimum of 17 crore taka in any services. Just a simple example Amazing! Amazing! Thank you very much, Duke Bhai I have a little to add with Duke Bhai’s discussion I think, what is very important for building the next big company some companies need to merge May I ask you directly if Beximco ready for a merger or acquisition is? Absolutely! Ab
solutely. Wow! Wonderful! Gigatech- Beximco Computers both. Here I will add a little supplement to your points, Duke Bhai has also discussed that When the merger happens, in opposition there must be another thing. Still, government projects are dependent on procurement There is procurement, maintenance cost up to 3 years, that’s it! Now 5 big companies cannot go far in those 3 years. What we need to think is, 10 years Already Duke Bhai said, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years. Absolutely In this perio
d the total transformation in ministry, merging into that journey, can have a tremendous impact So, when it is about e-governance, why do we think short term? Why do we think of 2 years, website, 3 years, 5 years maintenance, the money we have, and then whether we have it or not in the next year Why aren't we thinking of 20-years? I would say to our industry and government to consider this seriously That we make things to last 20 years Yes Shoeb Bhai seems, he wants to complement something I wil
l complement in this way that the current procurement act of the government, there is a particular section in that procurement act that If the local company has the capacity, it has to be procured locally. It cannot go in the international market. Of course! Actually, when the Ministry of Planning is doing the work. may be in their knowledge or practice, they also have many challenges. They may not go that deep into this thing. But I think if they consider this when I am doing an international t
ender, or in our experience we have seen many times it is happening because The project is a large-scale turnkey project. When hardware and software are combined into a single large project, then it is seen that Bangladeshi companies do not have that amount of capacity, working experience. So, then international companies are automatically entering. It is seen there The projects are of 2 or 3 years, but a minimum of 18 months to 2 years are spent to make a project. Then hardly 1 year of maintena
nce As a result, it is often seen in some cases, for the readiness of various stakeholders, Our 2-year software project is taking 3 years. So, then the maintenance period does not exist. It seems to me that both Himika and Duke Bhai said, From the industry perspective, the government really needs to go there And all the strategically important projects that are being done in India, They have taken those to the managed service model. And managed service model means minimum 10 years I will add a l
ine with Shoeb Bhai, Apart from the problems, we are talking about the 10-year projects, maintenance already we have signed 10-year agreement with the government for two big projects. So, it's not like it's not happening, or it won't happen Its practice should be increased. Big projects are being implemented So, I think, from Government, it should be spread everywhere. We have discussed another thing; software is very important in the implementation of SMART Bangladesh, if you compare it with ha
rdware. First, decide on the software, and that will define the hardware that is needed. So, it is important to formulate such a policy. As the action plan of SMART Bangladesh is being prepared now, a certain percentage of the total budget of each ministry should be spent on software Then innovation will begin. What digital services do I actually need, what do I need If the total budget allocated to a ministry, if it is determined that in digitalization, in software purpose it is said that you w
ill spend this much, 90 taka out of 100 taka goes on hardware But if it is told that, what you spend on hardware, that's a different story At least 100 taka will be spent to digitalize your ministry, which is software. Then the hardware will automatically come as a complement. So, we can go to such a plan. At this point, I am very happy that I don't have to ask many questions. You have complemented each other very nicely I'm running out of time, before I move on to my last question, let's hear a
little about the success story of Beximco Computers Ltd. The journey of Beximco Computers spans almost 40 years to date. The food grains of Bangladesh, especially paddy and rice, from its cultivation to spreading it all over Bangladesh, distribution, we are bringing the entire pipeline end-to-end into complete automation with the Ministry of Food. Out of more than 200 clients, the thing that I have felt while working with various ministries and organizations of the government, Now, managed serv
ices, which are of service models, have different types of service models that we have, If we can concentrate on these tasks, it is possible to solve many obstacles and challenges of e-governance automatically. If we can introduce such new service models in the partnership model in the market, which is there in fact, if we can spread that further, the the challenges we face now from the private sector, can be addressed BASIS is such an organization that always has thought leadership, or how the
industry works, with the government as a private organization, from policy, roadmap, design, thinking From that point, we see BASIS as a leader Beximco Computers as a leading IT company, with its capabilities, from a technological, financial, even planning perspective Our investments are in those areas in the e-government sector. With this capability, we partner with other capable IT companies through joint collaboration We are making the roadmap of government e-governance a success and on the w
ay to SMART Bangladesh, we will take forward that thing more strongly, in partnership with government. One question for all of you if we want to operate properly in this important space of e-Governance and with the contribution of all of us, if we want to reach the ultimate target of SMART Bangladesh by 2041, what do you want? At this stage, we need to formalize the partnership model immediately to correct our old mistakes. I think we won't have to look back after that. So, you are talking about
an inclusive partnership between the public sector and the private sector. And academia. And academia. Shoeb Bhai. I think that if local companies are given the chance in long-term contract management, they will be able to contribute to SMART Bangladesh. So, long-term contract management Forhad Bhai. Setting the goal of how to become smart after a certain time from today. Very well said Forhad Bhai. Duke Bhai. I will say it a little differently, the government invests a lot for development, and
earns revenue in the revenue model. But if we do these two, now our time has come for SMART Bangladesh we need to add development and revenue both in any development project. Thank you very much Duke Bhai, and all of you. Thanking you all, I also want to say about my single demand. That demand has been discussed so far. As BASIS president, I want in every action plan of the government, and in every purchase plan of the government, from its initial stage, BASIS should be involved with that. So t
hat the talent we have acquired during our Digital Bangladesh journey we can provide that talent, and we can help the government to achieve the goal of SMART Bangladesh. With that note, dear viewers, we are ending this great discussion here, shortly, we will be back with our next discussion. We have understood the importance of e-governance and the capacity of Bangladeshi companies, with which, Bangladesh itself can meet all its own technological needs Bangladesh Association of Software and Info
rmation Services, BASIS which was born in 1998 with only 18 members. After its 25 years of journey, the number of BASIS family members is about 2400 today. On this journey, different presidents have led BASIS in different times. Mr. Sarwar Alam is one of them. Mr. Sarwar Alam has led BASIS for two consecutive terms in FY 2004-05 and 2006-07. Let’s welcome one of our former presidents Mr. Sarwar Alam Bhai. You led the BASIS in FY 2004-05, then in 2006-07, Right then after 25 years, BASIS is where
it is today. Would you first tell the stories of that time? BASIS had only one platform to work on and that was the JRC report You probably know, our Jamilur Reza sir, He along with the senior members of BASIS tried to create e platform for BASIS. Work was going on based on that. So, after being president, two things strike me. And I wanted to mend it One point of the JRC report was to put emphasis on exports, and taking this word as catchword the outside group of BASIS, IT people, they were sa
ying that, yes we have got a substitute for garments sector. And when such a hype was created, we felt lost Because we were not ready for export at that time Except for a few Our local market was not cultivated well Our capability was at a much lower level then Competing the export market. So, when I came to BASIS, after you know organizing everything and getting into the industry things All these things, after discussing with our executive board and some other senior members, we decided, that N
O, we will have to break the myth, that we are here to export. And that's when we started to say no export at this moment one day there will be but at this moment export is not our main goal Our goal is to build the foundation of the industry inside the country and the internal market. That is why the export is happening today because that foundation has been built We have tried a lot to build this I think, even if not 100%, we did it And besides, since export was an agenda, When we achieved the
first one-million-dollar export, we were so happy Then there was a celebration afterward, the celebration of achieving one- million, we celebrated the achievement of 100 million. These celebrations have been observed Sarwar Bhai, you are still active in the industry at this age, Mashallah! Very much. And seeing you, we get re-energized The new generation gets re-energized From where you started, that software has to be exported, On the one hand you are active in the industry, on the other hand,
you are working with export services. How do you perceive the industry now, how do you perceive BASIS at this time? Industry to me, as I am very much active in the industry and my industry activity is 60-40 60% export, 40% local market So, I see both sides of the wall. It's not that I'm giving too much research-sounding information I think we are about 60% ready to compete in the international market. Absolutely I think, it can be. May not be 80-90-100%, but 60%, Yes I think so. So, we have a l
ong way to go still You meant to say something about BASIS. There is a lot to say about BASIS but in a nutshell I will say, BASIS is progressive. This is a big news There are many associations, which lose their way BASIS being a very challenging organization and to keep it going in the right perspective, I think it is a very difficult thing. I think BASIS has been able to do it. While we carried out the BASIS activities, we were very much in a state of grope Which one to do, which one not to do,
when you have come to BASIS, I think you have got kind of a set platform, which you are trying to make very strong You all did it together. I think we have done the foundation, along with some activities for example, the SoftExpo which you do on such a large scale We were the first to dare to bring it out In the Bangabandhu International Conference Center- BICC, it started at Bangabandhu International Conference Center- BICC Anyway, not only that, I think what we were able to do, which is now g
oing further, that is to debate and negotiate with the government on many points. Exactly, this should be the actual role of BASIS. to debate progressively with the Government. to negotiate progressively, for the betterment of the nation We did it very successfully You know about these purchases, it should not be said in open platform, it’s always driven by some interest. So, when hardware is purchased in advance, there must be some interest behind it. That’s why there must be continuous stock.
Sarwar Bhai, thank you very very much for coming among us despite all difficulties For giving us time while celebrating this 25 years. Dear Viewers, Sarwar Bhai just said that the ICT industry of Bangladesh is now qualified to compete in the international market. And shortly before that, in discussions on e-Governance, we heard about the joint efforts of industry, academia and government. We have heard discussions on important issues such as technology transfer, and along with that we heard abou
t challenges. We have heard about skilled human resources, access to finance, and such things Above all, the importance of e-Governance is immense to create a smart Bangladesh We believe that if our local companies are given priority in all government projects then, on one hand, our economy will become more advanced, on the other hand, building Smart Bangladesh will be much easier. Keeping this trust in mind, myself, Russell T. Ahmed, bid farewell to all of you
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