At the begining

The advancement of information communication technology makes the vast treasure of all forms of knowledge information inventions methodologies techniques process and technologies from the entire globe available to us by accessing via internet. It is hopeful for us that information technology already made inroads into our society indeed into our psyche. For all its economic backwardness Bangladesh has easily taken to the it world. However like many other developing countries diffusion of information technology is being severe restricted in Bangladesh because of poor telecommunication infrastructure limited fixed time access unreliable conductivity and inadequate bandwidth. So it will require some innovation from our part to take advantage of this vast knowledge base.What is information communication technology? Information communication technology encompasses the generation of contents processing manipulation storage routing transmission switching packaging and usage of information to assist our day to day business. Faster  processor like Pentium four smarter software packages high speed transmission and routing capabilities with submarine cable for example help us to take the optimum benefit from this global ocean of knowledge that match our everyday needs. The knowledge from all the global sources are stored and continuously updated in thousands of servers with are interconnected via a network  with very high speed transmission and switching capabilities called internet.

At the second step

 Here any location of the globe connected via his  local telephone or through a direct data link can have instant and  open and free access to those server contents without any national boundaries. This is actually the strength of internet in which everybody s knowledge is open for use by everybody within a global village for better living.The use of computer started in Bangladesh in 1964 when the atomic energy commission installed a multiform computer. Computers begun to be used commercially from mid 1980 and since then it has come to a long way and the last few years in particular have witnessed tremendous advancement in the use of computers. Due to government incentives like exemption of duties on import of computers and their accessories a vibrant hardware market has developed in Bangladesh and the prices of hardware have vole down substantially over the last few years. This trend helped in rapid expansion of ict use in business and also at the household level. With deregulation of vast an exponential growth of isp services took place in recent days. At present there are some sixty one internet service provider in the country with vast connectivity mostly through honking and Singapore. At the isps are in the private sector and provide  a range of internet services like email browsing Chittagong pc to pc call net to phone email to fax etc. today cyber cafes have mushroomed in Dhaka and some other majors cities. According to sources Bangladesh entered into the optical fiber cables for its nationwide community’s network. Besides at present there are about one million fixed line phones provide by the bttb and about twenty million mobile phones provided by six cellular operator grammen phone city cell aktel banglelink tele talk and warid telecom. Despite this  there is still significant demand for telephones particularly for internet connection.

At the third step

In this world of globalization and it revolution a nation a nation proper access to information communication technology information communication technology is a must for national development and it is the prerequisite of development for a country like ours Bangladesh because ict can help us in many ways. Having a good pool of smart programmers and a  large engineering  population in Bangladesh there is a definite potential for Bangladesh to make some headway in the global  ites market which is dominated by India at this time. But it is a long way to go before Bangladesh can make a substantial inroad in that market. The most potential market segments are in data processing medical transcription animation call center business processing and software development. If Bangladesh can complete successfully we may have a good deal of opportunities to earn huge remittance by employing a section of our unemployed or under employed population. The use of ict may provide our rural poor population with quality health care services. It will make them able to get proper treatment through telemedicine. Suppose there is a simple telemedicine center in bhola with a computer and high resolution scanner connected to a telemedicine center in Dhaka. A pool of physicians highly skilled in interpreting neonatal abdominal seams receive the scan taken of a pregnant woman from bhola in real time and instruct the local physician to deliver the baby immediately by surgery. This distant consulting through telemedicine network facility saves the life of the baby and the mother. By using ict we can design a number of domestic services which will significantly enhance productivity and efficiency.

At the fourth step

This distant consulting through telemedicine network facility saves the life of the baby and the mother. By using ict we can design a number of domestic services which will significantly enhance productivity and efficiency. Here are some more examples to be enumerated. Decision making process by each agency and ministry of the government could be aided with ict,. In other words e government may help us in quick and efficient decision making. The application of ict in the very process of government may bring transparency in the gobs operations. By using ict in our education sector is also important for our national development. Because it will help us to develop an effective evolution system for secondary and higher secondary education. Delay in the issuance of licenses by the gob is a serious Impediment in the way of industrialization and creation of a congenial business environment. In this regard ict can make the process more easy and quick. Use of ict can make our banking sector speedier transparent and service oriented. It will improve the customer services reduce the cost of transactions’ and Improve the delivery capacity of its facilities. By computerizing the entire traffic management system we can bring discipline on the street and earn good amount of revenues from the vehicle owners even to manage the traffic police  and maintain the roads can dealers and the traffic police department under a common server in which and updated record and profile of each vehicle and driver can be maintained.  The ict may be used in our manufacturing sector. It may provide us with higher productivity and lower cost and effective international marketing in the garments jute leather frozen fish and package food sector.

At the last moment

This inventive capacity enables a nation to develop assimilate and adopt new knowledge for innovative use and development of it for wealth creation. Such capacity includes academic research facilities national laboratories and industrial centers. Bangladesh should look into the development of such capacity by forming partnership with industry and academia within a academia within a well thought out strategy plan. Innovation capacity should be created to apply new knowledge in the form of new products services. Mechanism should be created for financing protecting intellectual property transferring new knowledge  to industry managing innovation and doing marketing research. For entrepreneurial capacity building support should be made available in the form of managerial knowledge risk capital business contacts and physical. Risk of starting hi teaches ventures should be managed so that a single failure must not jeopardize salmon’s carrier. We have outlined the potential opportunities which may become reality for Bangladesh through information communication technology. Unlike many conventional theories we do not see an immediate software export opportunity for Bangladesh by becoming competitive in it enabled services but we see huge potential of domestic ict for the significant improvement of economic productivity of Bangladesh in the production of goods and services both in government and private sector.