The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Commerce Adviser Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman yesteray urged the country's IT experts to identify specific areas in information technology that Bangladesh could utilize immediately.

"You have to pin-point the areas where Bangladesh could make some output right now. The government would do everything to help the sector reap maximum benefit," he said inaugurating a weeklong BCS IT Expo 2008 at Multiplan center in the city.

The Adviser said that Bangladesh is a land of potentials where people willing and ready to work and engage themselves in constructive activities.

"It's time where to set our goals and work hard to achieve them," he said.

He said that government is very much keen to spread the use of computers and IT based education at the grassroots level. "But we are facing a dearth in qualified people to work in the rural areas," he added.

Hossain Zillur lamented that computers sent to many village schools still remained unpacked as there was no computer-literate teachers in those schools.

"We have to address this type of obstacles that stand in the way to spread digital technology across the country," he said. He stressed the need for changing mindset for introducing IT and computer based education in the society.

The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Mostafa Jabbar, President of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS).

The exposition will remain open from 10 am to 8 pm everyday, the entry fee being Tk 10 per person.

Some 276 exhibitors set up 300 stalls showcasing their products in the BCS IT Expo 2008.