Electronic signature, which is a key feature for e-procurement, e-governance, e-commerce and other digital activities, will be introduced soon, as all the necessary
works for the job have been completed, said officials, reports BSS.
“Electronic signature is ready for introducing to the people and it will ensure the total security of electronic information transformation which is being increased in
the country cumulatively,” Controller of the Certifying Authorities Md. Zahangir Alam told the news agency on Monday.
He said the electronic signature would uplift the image of country’s ICT sector across the world.
After the introduction of electronic signature, e- procurement, e-commerce, e-transaction, online income- tax return, online application for any kind of services and
digital communication between government offices and NGOs will be facilitated, said Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) assistant programmer Hasan-Uj- Jaman.
He said that it will also ensure Secure Socket Layer (SSL) based security to different kind of servers such as web and mail and help to introduce paperless office and
e-filing, and signing to electronic document and email.
-With BSS input
