The document discusses Digital Bangladesh, an initiative to transform Bangladesh into a digital economy and society. It outlines the vision and targets of Digital Bangladesh, which include becoming a middle-income country by 2021 and eradicating illiteracy. Key initiatives are mentioned like e-governance, ICT, education, and agriculture. Implications include online services for birth/death registration, exams, jobs, and taxes. Challenges include lack of training, awareness, and skilled professionals. Effects to date include millions of e-services users and online exam results. Recommendations are provided to increase ICT training and awareness to realize the vision of Digital Bangladesh by 2021.

1. Journey of Digital
Bangladesh

2. Areas to be covered
What is Digital Bangladesh
Targets of Digital
Bangladesh
Initiatives
Implications
Challenges
Effects
Recommendation
Todays Digital
Bangladesh

3. What is Digital Bangladesh?
Introduction of Digital Bangladesh:
Vision 2021

4. Targets of Digitalizing Bangladesh
Achieving middle-income country
status by 2021
Eradicating illiteracy after 2014
Substantially eradicate poverty

5. Initiatives
e-Governance
ICT
Financial Inclusion
Education Sector
Agricultural sector

6. Implications
Birth and death registration
Examination results
Job information
Mobile banking
Tax collection

7. Implications
Government forms download
Life insurance
Payments for government services
Remittance

8. Challenges
Academic Sector:
Poor training system of teachers
Private coaching Business.
Limited opportunities in IT sector.
Lack of awareness in IT sector.

9. Challenges
Lacking manpower
less people to expand the IT sector.
lack of baseline information.
lack of opportunities for women.
lack of invitation for the youngsters .

10. Challenges
Lacking Professionalism
Lack of scope to develop software industry
Scarcity of skilled team leader /manager
Immense interest for other Businesses
Insufficient “EQUAL -CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND”.

11. Effects
33M e-services from UISC
36M birth registration electronically
USD16M earnings for UISC entrepreneurs
0.8M e-applications processed in district HQ
1.1M land records delivered electronically from district HQ

12. Effects
49M results of public exams over internet,
33M over SMS
2.7M admission applications through SMS
in 32 public universities, 400 colleges, 70 medical colleges
3M students (by June 2013) learning from multimedia content
developed by 16,000 teachers

13. Recommendation
Every one should take steps to success the vision 2021.
Such As
ICT training to all.
Decreasing the cost of internet.
Development of Education system based on ICT.
Establish more ICT based institution.
Development more awareness ICT among the student and general people.
At Last we can say that; In accordance to the government work the
vision 2021 “Digital Bangladesh” can be implemented within 2021.

14. Todays Digital Bangladesh
NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS IN BANGLADESH
- 29,415,693
MOBILE ACCOUNTS FOR BANGLADESH’S
- 94%
PEOPLE REGULARLY VISIT ONLINE RETAIL
STORES IN BANGLADESH
- 10,000

15. Todays Digital Bangladesh
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN BANGLADESH
- 3,282,600
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATE BLOGGERS IN
BANGLADESH
- 200,000
NEW MOBILE SUSCRIBTIONS IN BANGLADESH
EVERY DAY IN THE FIRST SIX MONTH IN 2012 IS
- 50,000

16. Todays Digital Bangladesh
ONE NEW MOBILE SUBSCRIPTION EVERY
2 SECONDS
PEOPLE USE THE INTERNET
- 5,00,000

17. Conclusion