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Central Government, E-Government

Korea lends Bangladesh US$200m for e-govt

By Alice Kok | 5 January 2009

The South Korean government will provide Bangladesh with a loan of US$200 million in the current 2008-09 fiscal (July 2008-June 2009). The fund will be used development of a national ICT infrastructure net for the Bangladeshi e-Government (Bangla GovNet).

Under the Bangla GovNet project, all ministries, departments, divisions and offices of district and sub-districts will be brought under the same data network—meaning that data collection and handling costs will be driven out while services are sped up.

Under the Korea-Bangladesh agreement, projects will also be implemented to enhance the capacity of railway transportation, and power generation and distribution.

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