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Sheikh Hasina turns Bangladesh into digital one: Jabbar
DHAKA, Sept 03, 2019 (BSS) – Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa
Jabbar today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned Bangladesh into a
digital one with the visionary leadership as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman initiated the process in 1973 to make the country
digitised.
“The inclusion of Bangladesh in the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) in 1973 and the establishment of country’s first satellite earth
station at Betbunia, Rangamati in 1975 by Bangabandhu and later on the
prudent leadership of his daughter premier Sheikh Hasina turned Bangladesh
into a digital one,” he said.
The minister was addressing a function as the chief guest organised by
Bangladesh Pragatisheel Columnist Forum at National Press Club in the city.
With Bangladesh Pragatisheel Columnist Forum convener Dr Mizanur Rahman in
the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by Security Analyst
Major General (Rtd) AK Mohammed Ali Sikder, Dhaka University Pro Vice-
Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Samad and former Secretary Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed.
The mantra of progressiveness is rooted in the core four principles of the
Constitution drafted in Bangladesh after the Liberation War, the minister
said, adding that the country is progressing under the dynamic leadership of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as per the dream of her father Bangabandhu.
BSS/PR/SRH/RY/1801 hrs