Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her government�s determination to build a technology-based nation, saying that technology education is a must for the new generations to sustain in the competitive world.
She said the technologies are advancing fast in the world and the present era is being made a technology-dependent one, where Bangladesh will lag behind, it can never happen.
�We�re a victorious nation as we triumphed victory in the great liberation war and as a winning nation, we always want to remain advanced, not behind � from this thinking and spirit, we�ve taken various steps and the people are getting its benefits,� she said.
The premier said this while opening the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubator and Training Centre constructed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-Tech Park in Rajshahi through a videoconference from her official residence Ganabhaban here this morning.
From the same function, she also inaugurated cent percent electrification in seven districts and 23 upazilas as well as Feni 114-MW power plant.
�We want to establish a technology-based society and that�s why we�ve taken various steps including providing computer education and setting up multimedia classrooms in educational institutions so that the new generations are attracted in technology education,� she added.
The prime minister also said the government wants to make the new generations literate in such a way so that they can move keeping pace with the competitive world. �For this, technology education is very much essential,� she said.
Sheikh Hasina also reaffirmed her vow to illuminate every house of the country in the Mujib Borsho (Mujib Year).
�Electricity is a pre-requisite for development (of any country) and I�ve firm belief that we could light up every house of the country in Mujib Borsho,� she said.