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The Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the government has adopted a plan to convert local post offices into smart service points in the journey to build Smart Bangladesh. As a result, post offices will provide more than 325 e-government services as well as regular postal services.
In this continuation, even from remote villages, people can easily receive all e-government services including banking, agent banking services from those smart post service points. Along with economic inclusion, it will play an incredible role in eliminating the digital divide in the country.
The state minister said these things while talking to reporters after inaugurating Smart Post Center Koira at Koyra in Khulna on Tuesday (19 March).
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, inaugurated a Smart Service Point of Post Office in Koyra, Khulna.
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Director General of Postal department Tarun Kanti Sikdar, and Policy Adviser of A2I, Anir Chowdhury were present in the event.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, initially, we have started the work of converting 5 post offices into smart post centers on an experimental basis. Smart Post Centre, Koira is the first journey of this initiative. We will soon implement 500 more Smart Post Centers in continuation.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak emphasized on the need to create a digital inclusive society and said that our goal is to deliver services to the doorsteps of every people in the country, including remote areas, using the vast network of post offices, huge infrastructure and manpower. Bangabandhu sowed the seeds of digital Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina transformed the seeds sown by Bangabandhu into saplings from 1996 to 2001. In the last 15 and a half years since 2009, it has taken shape in mammoth In 2021, we have crossed the Digital Bangladesh target announced on December 12, 2008. We have started the journey to reach another dream destination of building Smart Bangladesh by 2041. With the smart postal system, it will be possible to deliver goods through various hubs centered around 10,000 post offices in the country.
The State Minister said the Smart Service Point (SSP) initiative is a concerted effort to integrate digital solutions with traditional postal services. He expressed strong optimism that these service points will revolutionize accessibility and efficiency in rural areas of Bangladesh by hosting facilities like parcel tracking, bill payment and e-commerce facilities.
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