President, PM wish ‘BASIS SoftExpo 2023’ a grand success

President, PM wishes for success

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have appreciated Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) for organising annual software exposition “BASIS SoftExpo 2023” on February 23-26. In separate messages on the eve of the ‘BASIS SoftExpo’, the President and the Prime Minister expressed their hope that the SoftExpo would create enormous opportunities in expanding IT sectors in Bangladesh. President Md Abdul Hamid, in his message, said it line with the goal of ‘Vission-41’ Bangladesh under the prudent leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is thriving to build an advance, prosperous and ‘Smart Bangladesh’. Information Technology (IT) has a pivotal role in materializing the goals of Smart Bangladesh equipped with digital technologies, he added. He said facility IDC, a tier 3, PCI-DSS certified internet data centre (IDC) has recently been launched at the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Kaliakoir of Gazipur and Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park, Jashore are operating on in full swing. Besides, Janata tower Software Technology Park is functioning efficiently, the Head of the state added. Ensuring connectivity, e-governance and strengthening the domestic IT industry are the focus of these activities, he said. The President said ‘BASIS SoftExpo 2023’ can be an important platform for showcasing the initiatives, accomplishment and achievements and innovations of IT sectors of Bangladesh. In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the Awami League government has put emphasis on transforming the country from ‘Digital Bangladesh’ to ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041. In the last 14 years, the government has transformed the country into a Digital Bangladesh by making information technology accessible to all, including the marginal people, through efficient, service-oriented and ICT-friendly services, she said. “Now we are working for the development of advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Big Data, Block Chain, loT and machine learning to meet the future challenges including the fourth Industrial Revolution,” she added. “The government is working to successfully implement the four foundations of building ‘Smart Bangladesh’. These are—Smart Citizens, Smart Economy, Smart Government and Smart Society,” the premier said, adding that in Smart Bangladesh, everything will rely on technology, citizens will be skilled in using technology and the entire economy will be managed by technology. Due to our government’s various initiatives, Bangladesh has emerged as a Role Model of socio-economic development in the world, she said. Sheikh Hasina said technology in the world today is developing at a very fast pace and people from different fields are making many additions to it. “I believe that the domestic software organisations of our country can make their identity at international level through the BASIS SoftExpo which is the annual mega exposition and the largest showcase of IT and ITeS products and services of the country’s private sector,” she added. Both the President and the Prime Minister wished the ‘BASIS SoftExpo 2023’ a grand success.