This is January 13 today. On this day in 2014, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, an elected member of Natore-3 constituency, took over as the Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology. After taking the charge, the ministry has got the honor of being the best for the second time.
In the overall evaluation of the annual innovation work plan of the ministry/department in the financial year 2020-21, the ICT department has got the first place among 52 ministries/departments by scoring 99.8 marks out of 100.
Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam has given a letter thanking the colleagues of this department in this regard.
On the occasion of his seventh year in office as state minister, Palak thanked the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the architect of Digital Bangladesh Sajeeb Wazed Joy for the recognition on Thursday. At the same time, he expressed his sincere gratitude to all the project directors and staff, including the senior secretary of the ICT department. He also thanked all the organizations, ICT entrepreneurs and field level workers who are working tirelessly for building Digital Bangladesh, as well as those who are engaged in ICT initiatives and enjoying the benefits of ICT in their daily lives.
