Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Thursday said that all unions in the country would get high-speed broadband internet connection by next year.
Already, internet connection had been ensured in all unions except for 190 in the country, the minister said while virtually inaugurating broadband internet connection to Madhupur region.
Private internet service provider Amber IT took the initiative to bring some villages of Garo indigenous community under internet facility following a news report published in a national daily.
Mustafa Jabbar said: “Digitally connecting all the inaccessible and remote areas like Madhupur will bring out the hidden talents of the country. Bangladesh will not stay behind than any other country after 10 years.
“Recently, we have inaugurated 5G internet connections in the country which will be instrumental to move forward in agriculture, fishery, industry, trade and all other sectors.”