All citizen services to be available online by 2025

All public and private services in the country will be available online by 2025, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak said while addressing a virtual programme as chief guest at the launch of the Institute of Business Analysis's (IIBA) Bangladesh chapter on Thursday night.

"The government is working to make all citizen services available online in four years, which will create 30 lakh IT and ITES jobs," the state minister said.

Already 60 lakh people are availing citizen services online through 7,000 digital centres across the country, Zunaid said.

"The government has adopted 'Mission 5 billion dollars' strategy to earn 5 billion US dollars and achieve growth by 2025. Already one million dollars has been achieved," said Palak.

A draft strategy of the Made-in-Bangladesh-ICT industry has been prepared for producing digital devices in the country, he said.

Palak said the payment system has been digitised, leading to rapid growth of mobile financial services and e-commerce in the country.

In April 2021, some Tk 63,479 crore were transacted through mobile phone apps. The growth of e-commerce is about 166 percent.

Already 8,000 Sheikh Russel digital labs have been set up at educational institutions to prepare citizens for the fourth industrial revolution.

Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Centre has been established in 64 districts. Besides, Sheikh Hasina Institute of Frontier Technology and some 39 high-tech parks are being built across Bangladesh.