NATORE: State Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said the advancement of information and communication technology in Bangladesh is playing a crucial role to boost up the national development, reports BSS.
"The government has been implementing various initiatives to turn the country into a technologically developed one and thus build Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman," he told a fresher's reception of Singra Damdama Pilot School and College in the district on Saturday afternoon.
Palak said the youths are the future leaders of the country and they would have to make themselves efficient in using advanced technology to take ahead the nation. Chaired by College Principal Anwarul Islam Anu, the function was joined by Singra municipality mayor Jannatul Ferdous, upazila Awami League president Advocate Wahidur Rahman Sheikh and UP chairman Minhaj Uddin, among others. Earlier, Palak inaugurated a two-storied academic building of the college.