e-Gov to raise accountability in Titas Gas service

e-Governance project in Titas Gas was inaugurated by Mr. Mahmudur Rahman, Energy and Mineral resources Adviser, at Karwan Bazar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Microfinance In India

[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Building strong microfinance institutions entails improving governance, professionalising management, strengthening internal controls and accounting practices, and introducing low-cost ways of doing business

ICT in Bangladesh

Viewing the extended potential of e-Governance, Bangladesh very recently the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology has developed an information technology (IT) policy for Bangladesh, which would help furthering ICT developments in the country.

Women’s ICT-based Enterprises Workshop, 2-3 March 2006, Kolkata, India

[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The falling cost of technology has generated self-employment opportunities for women in ICT-based enterprises, but great expectations need to be tempered with a realistic assessment of the country

Fifteen telecentres in Bangladesh school

As a part of a nationwide project by an international NGO, Relief International – Schools Online (RI-SOL) Kala Kakoli School has launched a fifteen centre, project bringing computers and internet to schools and their communities in the Chittagong, Bangladesh.

BTTB continue to extend its service

Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) is yet indecisive on stopping the facilities of telegraph services on technical grounds.

Workshop on Rural Knowledge Centre, 22-24 February, Bangladesh

[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

For fostering the rural prosperity, all over the developing world a new concept of Rural Knowledge Centres (RKC) has been emerged through which villagers can proceed towards poverty alleviation by increasing their household income.

Eyeing Third World leadership Bangladesh embraces e-Governance in earnest

[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Bangladesh, as a developing Third World nation, has understood the crucial importance of e-Governance and the strong prospects that it holds in steering the country on the path of progress if successfully implemented. Cooperation from government officials and staff would be crucial in realising the goals of modernising Bangladesh through e-Governance.

ICT in Marketing

[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Media Rural marketing uses both kinds of media i.e. the traditional media as well as the modern media. Rural marketing requires the understanding of the complexities and this article reviews some of the key issues.

First Grassroots Educational Video Festival in Bangladesh, 23-30 August, 2005

[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The idea of the Grassroots Video Festival came from the vision to involve and inspire the rural people particularly the grassroots youth leaders and children and to convey basic information which are not mentioned in the text book for new leadership development.