A two-day divisional-level "Innovation Fair" began on the Collectorate Building premises in Rajshahi on Sunday.
The Commissioner Office of Rajshahi division organised the fair supported by the Ministry of Public Administration and district administration in order to attain the cherished goal through showcasing the present field-level best innovative initiatives.
Main aim of the fair are to make public service popular among people, to identify the field-level potential innovative initiatives, familiarize the government's innovative programmes with the citizens and create opportunities of spreading the field-level innovations throughout the country.
District and upazila-level offices and institutions from all eight districts in the division set up 25 stalls showcasing various information and documents related to public service delivery and necessary process of getting those easily after the best uses of information and communication technologies.
To mark the opening ceremony, a seminar titled "Smart Bangladesh and Innovations: Graduation to Smart Bangladesh from Digital Bangladesh" at the office conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC).
During his keynote presentation, Prof Rabiul Islam, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Rajshahi University of Engineering and
Technology, gave an illustration on the graduation of smart Bangladesh.
Divisional Commissioner Dr Dewan Humayun Kabir addressed the seminar as the chief guest with Additional Commissioner Tarafder Akter Jamil in the chair.
Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration Momena Moni,Deputy Inspector General of Police Anisur Rahman and Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Biplob Bijoy Talukder also spoke.
Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Shamim Ahmed discussed the objectives of the innovation showcasing successes already achieved in implementation of a2i
Programme to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs) for further speeding up national development.
Commissioner Dr Dewan Humayun Kabir said the present government under the dynamic and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly for simplifying all the service delivery activities for welfare of the public in general.
He told the meeting that a target has been set to build Smart Bangladesh on the basis of four pillars-- Smart Citizen, Smart Government, Smart Society and Smart Economy- by 2041.
The government is now setting up 28 IT parks in the country including one in Rajshahi which will create jobs for three lakh youths in phases.
The Commissioner said digitization is progressing encouragingly to achieve the esteemed successes of building a digital Bangladesh where people are getting all public services easily at their doorsteps.