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3 lakh youth to get jobs in 28 hi-tech parks in Bangladesh: Palak
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23, 2018 (BSS)- State Minister for Information and
Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, has said more than three
lakh youths both boys and girls will get jobs within next three years in 28
hi-tech parks now being constructed outside Dhaka.
He also said around 14,000 youths will get jobs in Rajshahi Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park that will play a vital role in boosting the current
economy of the region by creating new technology-based employment.
The state minister was addressing a public gathering after opening the
construction works of 10-storied silicon tower, boundary wall, power
substation, deep tube-well and rainwater harvesting plant at Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park here today.
The Hi-tech Park is being built on 31 acres of land at Bulanpur area with
an estimated cost of Taka 231 crore to make Rajshahi as the city of
technology. Its implementation works are expected to complete by December,
2021.
Chaired by Commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman, the meeting
was addressed, among others, by Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM
Khairuzzaman Liton, Project Director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park
AKM Fazlul Haque, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police Mashudur
Rahman Bhuiyan and Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi SM Abdul Kader.
State Minister Palak said the present government under the dynamic
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attained unprecedented success
in ICT sector. He told the meeting that more than nine crore people are using
internet and 10 crore people are using mobile phones in the country at
present.
He said unemployment problems of the country would be reduced to a greater
extent when the 28 under-construction hi-tech parks will go into operation.
Palak said The Bangabandhu Hi-tech Park intends to create atmosphere for
establishing industries on ICT, engineering, electronics, telecommunication
and biotechnology. Besides, more avenues of employment for the ICT people
will be created in this venture.
He said the park will play a key role in building Digital Bangladesh,
accelerating the national economic development by expanding hi-tech
industries, establishing hardware and IT industries and creating a helpful
condition to attract foreign companies.
Foreign companies, he said, would be allowed to provide technological
support for developing local industries.
The present government is pledge-bound to promote the ICT sector for
overall development of the country, he added.
To this end, the government has been implementing massive programmes and
people of both rural and urban areas are enjoying benefits of modern
technology, Palak also said.
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