The government has been working relentlessly to reach broadband internet in every corner of the country. Already, the government has successfully connected 2400 unions with high-speed internet connectivity through optical fiber. We are told that the rest of the unions will be covered in soon.
Over the past years, a wind of change harvested by the government’s Digital Bangladesh initiative has been blowing through the 64 districts of this riverine country. Not only the urban people, but also the village folks are enjoying the benefits of the rapid adoption of online services. Now, people in remote villages have access to internet, even a farmer or a housewife living in faraway villages now have a Facebook account which was out of the realm of our imagination only a decade ago. All these profound changes indeed are the consequence of the government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiative.
Earlier in last year, providing internet services to remote Moheshkhali, the government declared the island as the country’s first digital island. It is indeed a path-breaking example of the ways in which Bangladesh is bringing 21st-century services and dreams to its citizens.
It needs no emphasizing that internet will make life easier for the rural people as it will ensure their access to necessary information. For instance, people from remote corners of the country will easily know the information about Hajj and others, and villagers will be able to expand their local business, even to the whole world. Most importantly, it will build a digital platform for students.
There is no denying that the government’s various initiatives to provide internet to every corner of the country is laudable, but at the same time we must educate the remote people about misuse of internet and cyber crimes. Also the government must ensure affordable internet services to the remote areas of the country.
