ICT sector in Bangladesh has Created 1 million new Jobs in 10 Years

(State minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak speaks at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day ‘BASIS SoftExpo 2019’ held at the International Convention City, Bashundhara in Dhaka on Tuesday. Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services president Syed Almas Kabir, ICT Division secretary NM Zeaul Alam and BASIS senior vice-president Farhana A Rahman were also present, among others.)

Information and Communication Technology sector had created 10 lakh jobs in the last ten years, said state minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

Total employment in the ICT sector would reach 20 lakh by the year 2021, he said.

The state minister disclosed the figure while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day BASIS SoftExpo 2019 held at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka.

The 15th software exposition organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services, designed to promoting Bangladeshi products for global markets, sharing knowledge with global ICT experts to enrich local entrepreneurs, networking with global potential clients and ICT service recipients, will open from 10am to 8pm till Thursday.

The state minister for ICT said that the government has taken a wide range of programmes and projects to develop human resources and infrastructure for ICT sector.

The initiatives of the government includes e-learning, LICT, 28 high-tech parks across the country and training programmes under the high-tech park authority.

As a result, 6 lakh freelancers, two lakh employees of BASIS members, union digital centres, post e-centres, city corporations, municipalities and many other digital services have created 10 lakh ICT-related jobs in last ten years, Palak said.

Highlighting the quality of locally-made software, the state minister said, ‘We would call upon the government to ensure use of locally-made softwares of local entrepreneurs in every government organisations.’

The showcase is also the congregation of ICT companies, personalities, key policymakers, industry leaders and other ICT stakeholders, according to the organisers.

Over 100 national and international speakers is also sharing their thoughts in different sessions of the expo.

There will also be business leaders meeting, corporate hour, ICT career camp and gaming fest, business to business matchmaking session, including a special session for exploring the business in Japan.

In the inauguration event ICT division secretary NM Zeaul Alam and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) president Syed Almas Kabir were also present.