Palak expects increase of GDP growth despite COVID-19

The country's inventors have provided technology services to deal with the COVID-19. The government has used the 'Map Hotspot' to monitor the pandemic situation, identify it and prevent it from spreading. Vaccination activities are going on successfully with the 'Surokkha' app created by our own programmers. Following this, by 2025, more than 1 million new jobs will be created in ICT. At the same time, e-services will be ensured for 100% of the country's citizens by providing high speed internet services to every region of the country's geographical boundary. As a result, it will be possible to generate Tk 5 billion in exports from the ICT sector alone, said Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for information and communication technology. Palak made the remarks while addressing the Asia-Pacific Conference on Virtual GSM Mobile 360 ​​Series on Tuesday. In his speech, the state minister hoped that the country would continue to grow in the post-Covid period as well as during the Covid-19 period through sustainable application of technology. He said that through the tech-based initiatives, the daily activities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been continued. As a result, Bangladesh is one of the few countries to sustain positive growth. It has achieved 5% growth this year. Hopefully, by 2022, we will be able to achieve more than 8% growth again. The political and business environment in the country today is stable through the transformation of the advancing digital society. Asia tops in GDP growth in terms of per capita income growth; Bangladesh is the 15th potential economy. It is expected that by 2030, Bangladesh will be ranked 24th in the world, added Palak. Palak said the development of civic skills and infrastructure and the integration of technology and e-government have made this unimaginable digital transformation of Bangladesh so fast. Growth has come. Every citizen of the country is benefiting from the digital economy due to the inclusive approach adopted by the government from the grassroots level. Palak added that in the last four years, the country's startups have been able to attract more than $ 500 million in foreign investment. And it's made possible by fintech, logistics and digital commerce startups. The policy level forum, chaired by GSMA Secretary General Matt Greiner, was also addressed by Thomas Weir, Managing Director of Diticon Asia Pacific, and Josephine Teo, Minister of Communications and Information of Singapore. In his speech, the Minister of Singapore said that half of the people of Singapore will be brought in 5G network by 2022. 5G will be launched in the whole country by 2025.