Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT adviser to the prime minister, inaugurated the Social Media and Analytic Cloud (SMAC) Lab at ICT Division at Agargaon in the capital yesterday.
The lab will play a vital role in ensuring cyber security and big data analysis.
Liberalising ICT for Growth, Employment & Governance Project has established the lab.
Speaking at the inaugural programme, Joy said the project will train 50,000 people in ICT sector.
He added that the SMAC Lab will be instrumental in preserving digital properties in digital Bangladesh.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, and Shyam Sunder Sikder, secretary to the ICT Division, were present at the programme.
