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The inauguration of the much-expected Dr MA Wajed Miah Hi-Tech Park construction work was held on Thursday morning at Zilla Parishad Community Center of Rangpur amid a formal ceremony.
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury joined virtually to lay the foundation stone of the work as chief guest with State Minister for Information and Commutation Technology [ICT], Junayed Ahamed Palok in the chair.
Hi-Tech Project Director, AKM Fazlul Haque, Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud, District Commissioner Asib Ahsan, Learning and Earning Development Project Director Humayun Kabir and Managing Director [Grade-1] BHTPA Bikorno Kumar Ghosh, Former MP Advocate Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, AL district unit President, Momotaj Hossain, General Secretary Rezaul Karim, AL city unit president Shafiur Rhaman and General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal were present as special guests.
A video documentary on the philosophy and ideal of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rhaman and the development of materialising Digital Bangladesh was played. Later, a discussion meeting was held.
Bangladesh has undergone total digital transformation by 2021, according to the State Minister, and is currently on its way to becoming a smart Bangladesh by 2041 under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Prime Minister had joined some 1,600 virtual meetings to serve the government purposes during the coronavirus pandemic when the entire world went on lockdown.
He said the architect of digital Bangladesh and a son of Rangpur, Sajib Wajed Joy took the development responsibility of the city. His commitment was to build the latest Dr Wajed Miah Hi-Tech Park in Rangpur, creating job opportunities for thousands of youth in the region.
Around 3,000 youths will have job opportunities in the park every year. The youths of eight districts under the division need not go to Dhaka or elsewhere for jobs. The Hi-Tech Park will be the driving force behind establishing an innovative Bangladesh that is based on merit rather than labour.
The Minister also said the Park helps develop the country’s growth in the global economy, which is a knowledge-centric industry related to information technology and biotechnology.
The young generation needs technological knowledge, information and expertise to live and work in the open globalised market. The Hi-Tech Park will contribute significantly to hardware and software development. It will help earn foreign currencies by exporting the products developed locally by the promising youths.
Later, the Minister distributed laptops among 54 freelancers of the district.
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority [BHTPA] under the ICT Division with the assistance of the Indian Government has been implementing the project work worth around Tk 170 crore on 10 acres of land in the Khalishakuri area of the city. The project work is expected to be completed within two years.
Although the project work was supposed to begin in 2018 and end by June 2020. The implementation work was delayed due to the worldwide Covid-19 crisis.
