State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that hi-tech parks are playing an important role in building technology-friendly skilled manpower in the country.
Skilled manpower can help gain success in the fourth industrial revolution, he said while speaking as the chief guest of the foundation stone laying ceremony of a hi-tech park at Jhilmil Project under Keraniganj Upazila.
Nasrul said: "We can face future challenges quickly if we work together and create new entrepreneurs and explore the ICT sector."
He said Keraniganj is a very traditional upazila town. Its light engineering and industry sector is a glory of Bangladesh as locally-made handicrafts are famous around the country.
"Keraniganj will be one of the driving forces in fulfillment of the ‘Digital Bangladesh’ dream," Nasrul said.
He said that the Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has been playing a key role to materialize the “Digital Bangladesh”.
Addressing as the special guest, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak mentioned that every person in the country is enjoying the benefits of “Digital Bangladesh”.
"With honesty and sincerity and the architect of modern Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has successfully materialized the country into a ‘Digital Bangladesh’," he said.
Palak said that the prime minister, worthy daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, brought every house under access to electricity and 130 million people under internet facility.
He said that the youths will create jobs by using their merits and talent instead of doing jobs.
IT and hi-tech parks, Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Centers, Schools of the Future, and Digital Edutainment Centers are the brain childs of Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed, Palak said.
He added that the government has been implementing different programmes across the country to make youths entrepreneurs and self-reliant.
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram K Doraiswami and Project Director AKAM Fazlul Haque also spoke.
Later, the Indian envoy along with other guests visited Lal Masjid, "Doleshwar Hanafia Jame Mosque", which received an international award for its unique architectural structure and design.
