Sheikh Rasel Digital Lab

Sheikh Rasel Digital Lab

10,000 Sheikh Russel Digital labs at educational institutions: Palak

Sheikh Russell Digital Labs (SRDLs) to develop Information Technology (IT) 
and foreign language skills among school students. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 
was signed between the ICT Division and Young Bangla on October 2, 2016, for arranging training sessions for
more than 2001 digital labs set up in schools and colleges across the country.

Young Bangla is providing support by identifying and entrusting suitable 

volunteers for the roles of coordinators and general members from across

Bangladesh to monitor and maintain the overall activities of these labs until 2018. 

The target is to eventually place at least 224,100 IT-skilled volunteers of 

Young Bangla all over Bangladesh by July 2018. The Young Bangla members, in turn, are expected to be
proficient in IT as well as in foreign languages, leading to a better equipped freelancing and outsourcing 
workforce in the country.

ICT of Bangladesh

Digital Bangladesh And ICT Development

ICT is the backbone of any digital initiative. ICT covers the vast area of information technology, communication technology and the telecommunication technology. ICT is also a combination of physical backbone and intellect. Computer systems, network machineries, software, wire and wireless connectivity systems, broadcast hardware and many other hardware and accessories are the physical backbone. The trained human behind the backbone are the intellect. Digital Bangladesh is an Idea that includes the IT use for management, administration and governance to ensure transparency, accountability and answerability at all levels of society and state. To materialize the idea of digital Bangladesh, development of countrywide backbone and expected number of human recourses are the basic needs. 


Despite having 50 years of history the government has only from 1997 started the process of developing a national ICT strategy. In 2002 Bangladesh identified ICT as a "thrust sector" as it represents potential for quick wins in reforms, job creation, industry growth, improving governance and facilitating inclusion, and it has high spillover effects to other sectors. Today, in Bangladesh, the overall IT/ITES sector is valued at USD 650 million, with export claiming 39% ($250 million) of that value. The overall IT/ITES industry has enjoyed a high growth rate of 40% over the last five (5) years and this trend is expected to continue