Bangladesh choosen by ITU for an Award in ICT.
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has once again chosen Bangladesh for an award for the country’s significant progress in information and communication technology.
“The ITU has awarded Bangladesh several times earlier. It has decided to honour Bangladesh again with the ‘Award for ICT’s Sustainable Development’,” Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters on Monday.
He said Bangladesh was selected this year in recognition of its achievement in ensuring use of information and communications technologies for sustainable development.
ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao has sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this regard.
State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim handed over the letter to Hasina after the regular Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Monday, Bhuiyan said.
He added Zhao in the letter requested the prime minister to receive the award at a function in New York on Sep 26, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The prime minister’s schedule in this regard is yet to be finalised. Read More … [/su_column] [/su_row]