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ICT award for Bangladesh
Bangladesh will receive the ‘Global ICT Excellence Award’ for using Information Technology to promote socio-economic development.
Published : 29 Sept 2014, 04:27 AM
Updated : 29 Sept 2014, 05:37 AM
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and also her son, broke the news at an event in New York on Sunday.
The award will be handed over on Sept 30 in Mexico’s Guadalajara during a conference of the World Congress on ICT.
ICT experts around the world will be present at the event.
World Information Technology and Service Alliance (WTSA) committee, comprising of 80-member states, gives the award for best innovation in the sector, Joy said.
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