Mobile operator Banglalink has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Access to Information (A2I) Programme of the Prime Minister’s Office and Agricultural Information Services (AIS) of the agriculture ministry.
The partnership will allow Banglalink to be part of any kind of possible mobile integrated services, events and projects of the agriculture sector of the country, officials said.
Under the agreement, Banglalink will be a strategic ally of AIS, A2I or any entities of the agriculture ministry to work together within all the possible scopes in line with the digitisation of the country’s agriculture sector.
The MoU was signed at a ceremony at The Westin hotel in Dhaka on Thursday.
National Project Director of A2I Programme Md Nazrul Islam Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Banglalink Ahmed Abou Doma and Director of AIS Md Nazrul Islam signed the MoU on behalf of their respective parties.
Md Nazrul Islam Khan said: “The initiative is an excellent example of cooperation between the government and the private sector for the advancement of the agriculture sector.”
“The agreement ties up agriculture, which is the heart of Bangladesh economy, with telecommunication, which is the fastest growing sector of the country,” the Banglalink CEO said in his speech.
The initiative will allow the country’s farmers to have instant access to any agriculture related information according to their needs, said Director of AIS Md Nazrul Islam.
Other senior officials from the parties concerned were also present at the signing ceremony.
