Thoughts on 'Digital Bangladesh' (the Program)

Abstract

The term Digital was first used by Bangladesh Awami League immediately before 2009 election. By every possibility it was used at that time as a nice-sounding political slogan. At that time winning in election was their prime target and probably the advocates did not get adequate time to formulate its and implications. In the above election Bangladesh Awami League achieved landslide victory. It is true that the voters did not vote them for their declaration for making digital On the other hand, for them it was an election for rejection, rejection for BNP, the corrupt and rotten political party. And they strove for escape from its grip. For achieving this goal the voters were mentally prepared to vote in favour any other party, much worse than Bangladesh Awami League. However, after the grand win, materializing Digital has now become the moral duty of this party. Till now no spokesman of this party has clearly explained what they are really going to do for materializing Digital and that has created some confusion. I have heard some experts to opine on TV talk-show that they do not understand what this term means. Also some endeavoured to cut joke saying that it may be something like electricity, having two important aspects, Off and On. It may be difficult for the lower-calibre people, especially those from non-science background to understand this term. But there should be no difficulty for the enlightened persons to understand the meaning of this term. However, understanding the meaning of the term does not help much to realize how this mission will be materialized in the context of Bangladesh. In this article I shall explain my ideas on this subject. I must mention that these are exclusively my ideas and have absolutely no relation with what Bangladesh Awami League or the government of Bangladesh thinks about their program under the same title.