IT Live: State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said if the 'Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center' is established in 64 districts of the country, employments will be ensured for one lakh youths every year.

"When the construction works of the 'Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center' are completed in 64 districts, employments for more than one lakh youths will be created every year. This center will play an important role in fulfilling the goal of building a knowledge-based innovative Bangladesh by 2041," he said.

The state minister said this after laying the foundation stone of 'Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center' to be built at a cost of Taka 84 crore on a three-acre site in Bandarban. Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing was also present there.

Besides, Vice Chancellor of Bandarban University Prof Dr A F Imam Ali, 69 Infantry Brigade's Commander Brigadier General Md Ziaul Haque, Bandarban Hill District Council acting chairman Satyaha Panji Tripura, Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibriji, Bandarban Superintendent of Police Jerin Akhtar and Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority Dr Bikarna Kumar Ghosh attended it, among others.

Dhaka, 05 March (campuslive24.com)//bit