Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority to build up the Kaliakoir Hi Tech Park as a complete ICT city protecting the ecological aspects of the area.
She gave the directives in the first meeting of the governing body of the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority at her office on Wednesday.
Sheikh Hasina said her government in a meeting of Bangladesh Board of Investment (BoI) in 1999 decided to construct the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park aimed at boosting hi-tech IT industries to create job and fetch foreign investment. "The park would be important hub for export and meet up local demand."
PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim said Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Hosne Ara Begum gave a presentation on the progress of the implementation of the hi-tech parks and villages across the country.
Pointing out the government's mission and vision to develop the country as a middle income country the prime minister said the hi tech parks would ensure global standard investment climate and employment opportunities.
The parks are being developed with a target to create one million job and five billion dollar export in IT sector by 2021. The Kaliakoir hi-tech park to be set up on 355 acres of land under PPP basis would create 100,000 job.
A three-storied administrative building has already been constructed while 4.27km internal road has been constructed at Kaliakoir.
Besides, power substation and 2.5km HT line, fibre optic connection, telephone exchange and boundary wall of the park has been completed, the MD said.