Smart Bangladesh
Additional tax burden to impede journey to Smart Bangladesh
The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 has raised a complex question among analysts regarding the allocation in the Telecommunication and Information Technology sectors. Analyzing this budget from a supportive or non-supportive perspective for these two sectors is crucial. No budget can entirely satisfy everyone, but the extent of satisfaction or dissatisfaction determines whether the budget is evaluated as supportive or non-supportive. While the announcement of extending the deadline for tax exemption in the Information Technology sector is promising, increasing taxes in the Telecommunication sector might impede the progress of Smart Bangladesh.
Can Metro Rail teach us discipline?
The story of our indiscipline as a nation is widely known. The indiscipline of our people is seen even in foreign airports. Those who go to the Middle Eastern countries as laborers,especially present this disorderliness in some ridiculous way. Often, they break the queues. The concerned authorities have to endure much trouble to keep them in order.
Will the police in Smart Bangladesh control traffic by raising hands?
How many more days will the police in Smart Bangladesh control traffic by raising their hands? A very straightforward question, although there's no one to answer. In the capital city Dhaka, there are automatic traffic signals installed. Many years ago, people began adapting themselves to this system. But don’t know what happened, people started crossing the roads despite the signals, and the automatic traffic signals remained dysfunctional.
Building smart Bangladesh requires quality education
Education is the backbone of a nation. Education creates people's thinking and conscience and helps people to develop as human beings. It creates a sense of value in people and ensures their rights and duties as human beings. Millions of students are admitted to schools and colleges yearly, and the same number pass out. Pass rates for boys and girls are higher than at any other time, but the students are not getting opportunities to develop intelligence, thinking, and moral values. That way is blocked. We are more interested in passing knowledge. We check the merit of the student on the index of marks. Let's choose who is gifted and who is not. This standard is now in effect everywhere. As a result, all the knowledge and activities of a student are limited to achieving a certain number of marks.
To what extent do women need to prepare for smart Bangladesh?
The dream of a digital Bangladesh has not disappeared from the people of this country; instead, a new one has taken its place. Smart Bangladesh. In short, that speaks of a cost-effective, knowledge-based, innovative, sustainable and intelligent country. That is, the country will dress up in a new way. The country will be bright, sparkling and shining in everything, not only in dress or appearance but also in behaviour. In 2041, that is, after only 18 years, Bangladesh will be among the developed countries.
Developing plans for development
Development planning plays a critical and influential role in sustainable development. Just as work originates from thought, the identity of a tree is the result of it, so it can be said that only if there is a combination of goodwill in meaningful development between the objectives and regulations of the plan, the development will be beneficial. If we think in this way, if there is a defect or limitation in the visionary plan of a nation, if there is any deviation due to lack of suitable materials, then the development can be diverted.
Smart People Needed to Build a Smart Bangladesh
In a bygone era, Bangladesh achieved remarkable economic and social progress. This achievement of Bangladesh has been internationally acclaimed. In 2015, Bangladesh transitioned into a middle-income country. During this time, there has also been a significant reduction in poverty, child mortality, maternal mortality rates, malnutrition, and improvement in women's empowerment in Bangladesh. The ultimate goal is to transform into a developed country by 2031 and join the league of advanced nations by 2041.
Tomorrow's people in Smart Bangladesh Vision
Bangladesh has already formulated a framework plan for development from 2021 to 2041, bringing blessings to the people. On the other hand, the Hon'ble Prime Minister has taken up the Delta Plan so that the Bengal Delta is protected from climate impacts, the country make progress, and the people of the country can live 'beautifully, healthily and smartly' not only in 2041 but also in 2100. In consideration of this, 41 prospective plans have been started from 2021. Building a smart Bangladesh and a smart nation is the next main goal of the current Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina.
Dhaka Traffic restricts building smart Bangladesh
Dhaka's traffic system was developed in an entirely unplanned manner; every level of the transportation system is malfunctioning; those entrusted with regulating the transportation sector effectively are making unwise decisions and unattainable plans; this has led to the establishment of a reckless process. When it comes to street safety, we may point the finger at the drivers of public transportation, but the real culprits—those who allowed so many cars to operate on such tiny roads and created this competitive cycle—go unpunished. But those who issue driving permits are held to a higher standard of the responsibility than drivers. If we enable an unruly system to flourish from the start, the current state will be the same in future.
Smart health sector in Smart Bangladesh: Achievements, preparedness, prospects
At the end of the successful journey towards Digital Bangladesh, the next destination for Bangladesh is now a Smart Bangladesh. All our roads are now one-way centric path guided by the visionary and pragmatic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The health sector is no exception to this overarching vision. I think anyone would agree with me that when a country embarks on a digital journey, the starting point is generally the gateway of healthcare services. In this regard, Bangladesh is somewhat an exception, maybe our health sector is a bit behind in this regard.
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