State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday said employment will be ensured for one lakh youths every year after the construction of 64 Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center is completed.
The state minister made the statement after laying the foundation stone of 'Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center' to be built at a cost of Tk 84 crore on a three-acre site in Bandarban.
"When the construction works of the 'Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center' are completed in 64 districts, employments for more than one lakh youths will be created every year. This centre will play an important role in fulfilling the goal of building a knowledge-based innovative Bangladesh by 2041," he said.
Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing was also present at the event.
"The people of Bandarban are happy to get this IT training and incubation centre. Through this, Bandarban has entered into the modern age," Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing said.
Later, the minister and the state minister attended a discussion jointly organised by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park and the district administration.
Vice-Chancellor of Bandarban University Prof Dr A F Imam Ali, 69 Infantry Brigade's Commander Brigadier General Md Ziaul Haque, Bandarban Hill District Council acting chairman Satyaha Panji Tripura, Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibriji, Bandarban Superintendent of Police Jerin Akhtar and Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority Dr Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, among others, attended the event.
