Youths to work abroad form home: Palak

IT training centre is being built on the Dinajpur College campus at a cost of Taka 799 crore.

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Tuesday hoped the youths of Digital Bangladesh will work abroad including Europe and America through freelancing or becoming entrepreneurs by receiving IT training to create employment opportunities for thousands of youths.
He said this while laying foundation stone of Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center on the Dinajpur College campus premises of the district.
The Junior minister said, Freelancers who work at 55 marketplaces and have been selected by the ICT ministry will get the incentive.
The freelancers in Bangladesh will get a boost with the incentives that they have been seeking for a long time, he said.
Palak expressed his optimism that the IT training centre will be a shelter of employments for young generation.
It will play an important role in turning the country into a knowledge-based, smart and economically developed Bangladesh from a labour-based economy, he said, adding that the IT centre will contribute significantly in preparing the youths in facing the fourth industrial revolution.
The state minister also hoped that the Bangladeshi youths in future will develop robotics, IOT, cyber security tools for exports.
The six-storey IT training centre is being built in the campus at a cost of Taka 799 crore under observation of Bangladesh Military. Once opened, it will facilitate 1,000 youths to received training.
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Managing Director Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Diesel Plant Limited Managing Director Brigadier General Syed Md Rafiqul Islam, Learning and Earning Project Director Humayur Kabir, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner Khaled Mohammad Jaki, Police Super Mohammad Anwar Hossen, Dinajpur Government College Principle Professor Abu Bakkar Siddique were present, among others.
Dinajpur-3 lawmaker Iqbalur Rahim chaired it.