The government has been working relentlessly to reach broadband internet in every corner of the country. To reach internet connectivity to the doorsteps of union level people, the authority concerned is going to establish 10000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. Reportedly, Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has taken up a project to establish these hotspots at the union level.
Over the past years, a wind of change has been blowing through the 64 districts of this riverine country. Not only the urban people, but also the village folks are enjoying the benefits of rapid adoption of online services. Now, people in remote villages have access to internet, even a farmer or a housewife living in faraway villages now has a Facebook account which was out of the realm of our imagination only a decade ago. All these profound changes indeed are the consequence of the government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiative.
Government’s various initiatives to provide internet to every
corner of the country is laudable, but at the same time we must
educate the remote people about misuse of internet
Earlier in last year, providing internet services to remote Moheshkhali, the government declared the island as the country’s first digital island. It is indeed a path-breaking example of the ways in which Bangladesh is bringing 21st-century services and dreams to its citizens.
It needs no emphasizing that internet will make life easier for the rural people as it will ensure their access to necessary information. For instance, people from remote corners of the country will easily know the information about Hajj and others, and villagers will be able to expand their local business, even to the whole world. Most importantly, it will build a digital platform for students.
There is no denying that the government’s various initiatives to provide internet to every corner of the country is laudable, but at the same time we must educate the remote people about misuse of internet and cyber crimes. Also the government must
ensure affordable internet services to the remote areas of the country.