France to provide technical assistance in telecommunication technology sector : Bangladesh State Minister for ICT

France will provide technical and technical assistance to Bangladesh in the development of telecommunication and information technology sectors to build a smart Bangladesh.

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak gave this information after a meeting with French Ambassador Marie Masdupoui on Monday (February 5) on various issues related to bilateral interests.

He also said that there was an exchange of views on various issues, especially the expansion and progress of telecommunication and smart technology.

The State Minister said that France is an important development partner and true friend of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a very profitable place to invest. Therefore, I expect that France will come forward to invest in the telecommunication sector by using the government’s investment-friendly policy. In building a Smart Bangladesh in 2041, France will undertake skills sharing, capacity building, training programs for Bangladeshi officials, policymakers, and professionals involved in the Smart Bangladesh initiative, innovation, research collaboration, joint research initiatives between French and Bangladeshi research institutes, and universities. Bringing startups, researchers and experts from both countries together to work on cutting-edge technologies will also begin.

Referring to the progress of Sheikh Hasina’s government as a wonder of the world, he further said that the progress of Sheikh Hasina’s government in various sectors, including the telecommunication and information technology sectors, is a wonder of the world.

I will always work for the welfare of people: Minister of State for Information Technology

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, I will always work for development, good governance as well as the welfare of people.

He said this in his speech as the chief guest at the inauguration of the eye unit at Jalar Singhra Diabetic Society at 10 am on Sunday. He inaugurated the operation of Eye Unit in Diabetic Society.

The state minister said that we want to develop Bangladesh as a humanitarian state along with development and good governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. To achieve this goal, I will work for the welfare of the people of Chalanbil.

Referring to the plan to construct a modern hospital building at a cost of Tk 50 crore, he said, the infrastructure work of a specialized hospital under the management of Singra Diabetic Association will be started soon.

Maulana Ruhul Amin, general secretary of Singra Diabetic Association, said that an ophthalmologist here will see patients six days a week. Eye operation activities will be started in phases.

Cyber ​​world cannot be secured without coordination and capacity building: State Minister for ICT

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that our cyber world cannot be secured without coordination and capacity building. In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, data is connected not only to people, devices, the web, or apps but also to artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, thereby increasing the amount of risk.

The chief guest spoke at a seminar on internet use and victims of cyber attacks jointly organized by the Department of Armed Forces and the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) at the MIST Auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday (October 1).

State Minister Palak also said that cyber crimes worth around ten trillion dollars are being committed all over the world. All of us are somehow connected to the internet, digital devices or the cyber world.

He said, there are two types of Internet users in the world, one group knows that they are victims of cyber attacks, and the other group does not know that they are victims of cyber attacks. We need to build our own capacity to survive these risks. So that we become so proficient in AI, machine learning, data analytics that no one can make any negative use of it against us. That is why industry, academia and government must work together.

Among others, Major General Saidul Islam, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Digital University spoke at the event. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam and Basis president Raselti Ahmed.

TIB report without following international standards: Minister of State for Information

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A. Arafat said that the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report on the elections was done without following international standards. He said, no international journal will publish their research. Because, in this research, international standards have not been maintained.

He made this comment during an exchange of views with journalists at the Information and Broadcasting Ministry meeting room at the secretariat on Thursday afternoon.

The Minister of State for Information said that those who have done this research on the parliamentary elections have no research experience. They have no research in international journals. TIB research goes beyond scientific misconduct. They are trying to mislead people with false information.

He said, I believe that the civil society of Bangladesh will conduct research following international standards and present its results to the people with honesty and devotion. What TIB has done is not research, it is their opinion.

The state minister said that although there were some irregularities in the election, the Election Commission has taken action against them. A case has also been filed against those who have committed irregularities. Election Commission’s strong stand against irregularities was not given importance. Rather, an attempt has been made to weaken their morale by spreading lies.

He said, they showed people’s opinion as information. A report made around the entire election with the results of only 50 centers out of 42,000 centers can never be accurate. How is it possible to publish a report analyzing the results of so few centers?

The state minister said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has brought extensive reforms in the last 15 years to strengthen the EC in the long term.

Arafat also said, but many vested interests including TIB are trying to spread false information against the EC to undermine the country’s democracy.

Arafat expressed the hope that civil society and other civil forums will conduct research in the interest of the country with honesty and sincerity, maintaining international standards.

In response to a question, he said, Bangladesh is a democratic country and every civil society has the right to express their opinion.

He said, ‘However, I would like to request them to keep intellectual corruption in mind in addition to financial corruption.’

Cloud services market in Bangladesh will be 46 million dollars by 2025

By 2025, the cloud service market in Bangladesh will stand at 46.3 million, said Sarwar Morshed Parag, managing director of Datahub Asia. He said this in a seminar titled “Purpose Built Data Center, Destination of Choice” organized on Tuesday (November 21) evening. The seminar was organized by Datahub Asia and Bangla Megh.

Sarwar Morshed Parag said, Datahub Asia is ready to serve customers in accordance with all international standards to meet the growing cloud demand of the country. Where is committed to provide all other facilities including data storage as per the customer’s needs.

National data security in domestic data centers is very important to protect the interests of the country, which can be secured in domestic data centers within the borders of the country. With this aim in mind ‘Datahub Asia’ took an initiative for information security in Bangladesh in Thakurgaon city and built a state-of-the-art data center in a short period of time.

He said a person has to pass seven security rings to reach the server. The building is equipped with state-of-the-art washing and fire-fighting, fire-extinguishing and control devices and management, which will protect the building from any possible fire hazard at the earliest. Datahub Asia has obtained ISO:9001 and ISO:22237 Availability Class: 3 & Protection class: 4 certificates subject to all these security guarantees.

The data center is ANSI/TIA-942 RATED 3 / TIER 3 certified, which ensures continuously maintainable facilities, telecommunication, electrical and mechanical management and maintenance, repair and replacement of any equipment in the data center can be done without any shutdown, ensuring uninterrupted service to customers. .

In the speech of the chief guest “Dunn & Broadstrat Analysis Ltd. Its CEO Zara Mahbub said, We are moving from Digital Bangladesh to Smart Bangladesh. The entire country is now digitally connected, with this connectivity adding a huge amount of digital infrastructure resulting in huge amounts of data being generated.

All this data needs proper storage as well as security. Domestic data centers and cloud services are of immense importance in realizing this objective.

In the seminar, Chairman of “Banglamegh” Shaerul Haque Jowardar highlighted various statistics of cloud services and said that in the second quarter of 2023, the revenue of cloud services stood at 65 billion US dollars. The cloud services market is growing rapidly as digital connectivity in the country increases.

Various international giant companies are investing heavily in the country’s cloud market. While using the country’s cloud services will save dollars on the one hand and on the other hand the security or regulation of data will also be fine.

Besides, the speakers emphasized on domestic international quality data centers and cloud services to save dollars. Along with this, digital assets, important information are protected by ensuring cyber security. The seminar was attended by important persons from various organizations providing IT, Cyber ​​Security and Cloud services in the country.

Senior officials of Datahub Asia, Banglamegh, IT, cyber security and cloud service providers from various countries including Bangladesh, India and Nepal were present in the event.