The government has a plan to set up IT village in every division to build Digital Bangladesh for socioeconomic development of the country.
Information and communication technology minister Mostafa Faruq Mohammad said this on Sunday in reply to a tabled question from treasury bench member Md Shahriar Alam.
He said the government had already undertaken a project to establish a high-tech park at Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The activities of the project are underway, he added.
Besides, he said, a project has been undertaken to set up a high-tech software technology park in Jessore.
The ICT minister said 34 acres and 162.83 acres have been earmarked in Rajshahi and Sylhet respectively for setting up software technology park/ IT village.
-With New Age input
