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INTERNET AND DATA COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN BANGLADESH
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Research and Education
Education in Computer first started at BUET in 1984
83,796 primary level institutions
5694 secondary institutions
15748 secondary institutions
2339 higher secondary and degree colleges
30 numbers of Universities
IT Development
Government’s Emphasis to establish
high capacity fiber optic telecommunication backbone
Local Information and Infrastructure (LII)
National Information and Infrastructure (NII)
Global Information and Infrastructure (GII)
Exemption tax from Computer items
Distribution of computers to schools
Computerization of government offices
Village Computer and Internet
Familiarizing village people
Providing computer training at a minimul price
Providing email facility
Easier access to relevant market information
Enabling student contact for higher education
Creating IT related Job opportunity
MEDINET
Range of information resources related to health
Doctors get help from the resources
Connects to the Internet every hour through a commercial ISP
Helps user to acquire articles from reputed journal
IP Telephony
Much cheaper than conventional telephone system
At present, illegal
Individuals and commercial user still uses IP telephone
Government considering the formal permission system for IP telephone
e-Governance
Make significant contribution in establishing good governance in the country
To stop the corruption by introducing transparency
Government has given serious consideration for its introduction
IT Policy
A national IT policy has been drafted and under consideration in the parliament
In the draft, the computer education has been given top priority
IT (Electronic Transaction) Acts
In May 2002, Government announced plan to legislate e-commerce
Legislation of digital signature and electronic document is underway
The Bangladesh Law commission has drafted IT act
circulated among stakeholders
designed to cover cyber crimes