ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak held a meeting with Foreign Minister of Lithuania with the aim of joint partnership and cooperation in frontier technology, cyber security and startup sector. The bilateral meeting held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York was attended by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and relevant senior officials of both countries. In the meeting, the ICT State Minister of Bangladesh offered Lithuania to invest in the country’s knowledge parks.
In the meeting, Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that maintaining a secure cyber world requires collective efforts. Since no country can achieve this alone, securing national cyberspace requires collaborative efforts. Lithuanian technology companies will continue to support Bangladesh’s Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). Bangladesh is interested in establishing long-term relations with them. CIRT maintains close collaboration with international partners to secure Bangladesh’s cyber space.
The aim is to collaborate with Bangladesh’s Digital Security Agency (DSA) to exchange technology and expertise; The Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology sought the cooperation of the technological institutions of the country in the Sheikh Hasina Institute of Frontier Technology (SHIFT) in quantum technology, biotechnology, space technology, blockchain and other advanced/frontier technologies.
In the meeting, Gabrielius Landsbergis expressed his interest in establishing a partnership with Bangladesh’s Access to Innovate (A2I) organization to create a smart government through technologically advanced public services.
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Meanwhile, the Minister of State for ICT visited the TikTok New York office on Wednesday and held a meeting with the company’s CCO Eric Anderson. In the meeting, TikTok’s business opportunities and possible partnerships were discussed in Bangladesh, he said.
Palak said, there has been talk of setting up a TikTok data center in Bangladesh and partnering with potential business IT, providing training to creators in creating quality content at the incubation center.