Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar said that Bangladesh is now a state of youth. While the developed countries of the world are suffering from lack of working population, the door of opportunity has opened for Bangladesh for the younger generation. Population dividend is a great opportunity for Bangladesh.
"Given the opportunity and the environment, our young generation is capable of doing the impossible," he said. We are building a highway to digital technology through the expansion of broadband internet connectivity across the country. He called upon the private sector, especially the concerned trade organizations and social organizations, to come forward along with government initiatives to build the young generation as entrepreneurs by taking advantage of the opportunity to use this highway of technology.
The Minister was speaking as the chief guest at the Entrepreneur General Conference organized by ‘Nijeke Bolar Moto akti Golpo' Foundation at Mirpur Indoor Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
The Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology said that people's lives are now dependent on digital technology in almost every field including industry, commerce and education. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has been able to meet the challenges of the digital industrial revolution by creating digital connectivity and appropriate digital infrastructure. We have adopted a master plan to ensure high speed internet connection in every educational institution. "Apart from every educational institution, we are also working to provide high-speed internet in every village in the country," he said.
He emphasized on the need to acquire digital skills in building a digital nation and said that without digital skills one cannot live in the world to come. Describing the new generation of boys and girls as golden people, he said, "Our boys are operating Bangabandhu Satellite-1 efficiently with only three months of training." Mustafa Jabbar, a heroic freedom fighter, said to the youth, "The country that we have built for you by fighting you should jump into the struggle to build Bangabandhu's golden Bengal for the next generation."Iqbal Bahar Zahid, the founder of the Foundation, briefed the Minister on the activities of the organization to create entrepreneurs. President of ISPAB Emdadul Haque addressed the function.
At the event, some entrepreneurs told the story of their rise. An entrepreneur recounts his story of becoming an entrepreneur, saying that he has become a successful entrepreneur by taking proper training despite reading and writing till second class. Some few women entrepreneurs expressed similar feelings.
Reacting to the story of their rise, the Minister said, "The story I have heard is a story to show the way for Bangladesh."
