Facebook authorities have been urged to set up a research, development and training centre in Bangladesh at the US-Bangladesh Tech Investment Summit 2014. A Bangladeshi delegation, led by the State Minister for Information and Communication Technology, proposed the idea.
Shameem Ahsan, president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services posted a message on Facebook on Friday (Bangladesh time Saturday) following a meeting with the social media giant authorities at the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. The delegation was led by State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak. BASIS Secretary General Russell T Ahmed and several others attended the meeting.
“Fruitful meeting with Facebook Senior Directors at their Head Quarter and urged them to set up Research & Development and Training center in Bangladesh for our youth!” the post read.
Similar posts containing pictures were also shared by Palak and Russell on their Facebook profiles.
According to a release yesterday, Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) said, the Bangladesh Delegation also demanded Facebook with Bangla language in addition to establishing a regional office here in Dhaka. BASIS president Shameem Ahsan and BCS president AHM Mahfuzul Arif placed the demand from Bangladeshi delegation.
In the meeting, state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, currently Bangladesh has around 35 million internet users which will increase to around 100 million by 2021 so it will be more lucrative for Facebook authority to establish office in Bangladesh.