Planning minister, Ministry of Planning, Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) A.K. Khandker (BU), MP, PSA inaugurated a modern ICT Training Labs of BBS Under the Project of "Strengthening ICT Training and System of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics" assisted by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on November 22. Kim Chang Sup, Resident Representative of KOICA Bangladesh Office and Shahjahan Ali Mollah, Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics were also present at the opening ceremony. Planning minister in his speech as chief guest mentioned that the Republic of Korea is a great country and is a very good friend of Bangladesh. He expected that KOICA's assistance for developing infrastructure for training, ICT and Statistical Data Management System will help BBS to play pioneering role in the years to come for achieving 'Vision 2021' set by the Government of Bangladesh. He also hopes that the Government of Republic of Korea will extend their co-operation in achieving the target of our government. While delivering the speech as special guest, resident representative of KOICA, Kim Chang Sup mentioned that KOICA puts much importance in developing the ICT sector of Bangladesh. |