DHAKA, July 31, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb
Wazed Joy today said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s
name appeared ineradicable as the Bangabandhu Satellite inscribed it in the
orbit.
“The post 1975 rulers had taken a plan to erase his name from everywhere,”
Joy told a function staged to celebrate Bangabandhu Satellite-1’s launching
and its ground station’s inauguration at Gazipur and Betubunya.
He added: “Now Bangabandhu’s name will be illuminated in the space which
no government can erase.”
Joy expressed his delight that the country’s first ever satellite cost less
than the budgetary allocation and the entire amount was spent from the
national exchequer while the mission was completed within stipulated
timeframe.
The premier’s adviser who led the national team for overseeing the
manufacturing and launching of the satellite also spoke on its different
technical aspects of Bangabandhu-1.
He said the incumbent government planned to reach the internet connections
to the country’s every corner while the Bangabandhu Satellite would help
connect remote islands in next two weeks which were inaccessible for
broadband connections.
Joy said the development would enable all people of the country to see
and know the world and enjoy music, drama and other entertainment activities
across the globe. But he particularly expected the satellite to inspire
student to study on space technology and in the course of time develop them
in this arena.
The premier’s adviser said the satellite would save a huge amount of
foreign currency providing footages to national TV channels and eradicate
digital divide between the urban and rural people.
Joy said launching of Bangabandhu-1 was delayed due to cyclonic storm in
Florida in December last year while such delays were observed in most cases
of satellites.
He said Bangabandhu Satellite earned pride for the country in the global
arena while it was branded as a corrupt nation and land of militancy during
the past BNP regime.
In 2006, he recalled, Bangladesh was ranked with Pakistan as a “failed
state”, but now the country came out from that situation showing its success
in economy, health, education and other areas and appearing as an advanced
nation in South Asia.