Underprivileged people to get technology services

The government is working to provide technology-based citizen services to every people in marginal areas to build Smart Bangladesh. In continuation of this, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) and Sublime Limited will work together to establish digital service centers across the country to deliver technology-based citizen services to villages.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on Wednesday (February 14) at the ICT Tower in capital's Agargaon. a2i Project Director (Joint Secretary) Md. Mamunur Rashid Bhuiyan and Sublime Limited Chairman Lt. Gen. Sheikh Mamun Khaled (retd) signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.

Under this MoU, Digital Service Centers will be established to ensure technology services in every home of the underprivileged population at the village level across the country. In this regard, a2i will provide technical and overall support including creation of entrepreneurs at the village level and, finalization of citizen services. Starting from registration of birth and death, payment of electricity bill, registration for going abroad.

Md. Mamunur Rashid Bhuiyan, the project director (Joint Secretary) of a2i, said, "More than 385 technology-based civic services are already being delivered to the doorstep of the people through 9397 digital centers (Unions, Municipalities, Upazilas, District Councils, City Corporation Wards and Specialized Centers) across the country. Now work will be done to ensure this service to every underprivileged people at the village level. As a result, it will be possible to deliver digital services to every person in every house in a corruption-free way in a short time at a cheap price. Every citizen will be smart. Every village will be smart. Smart citizens will build a smart nation. Every person will be connected to the digital services of this smart country."

Lt. Gen. Sheikh Mamun Khaled (retd), Chairman of Sublime Limited, said, "Digital service centers will be established in the remote areas of the country to build a smart Bangladesh and advance the daily overall service activities of marginalized people more quickly and institutionally. This digital service center will be run by a local entrepreneur under the overall management of Sublime Limited. The overall activities of digital service centers will play a special role in realizing the dream of the honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 'Smart Bangladesh 2041'. Besides, this digital service center will provide visa related services, first aid services, skill development training along with money transaction services."