Bangabandhu satellite project wins int'l award!!!

Bangabandhu satellite venture wins int'l grant 

State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim gets the Recognition of Excellence Award from International Telecommunication Union Secretary General Houlin Zhao in Bangkok, Thailand on November 17, 2016. Photograph: Facebook/Tarana Halim



Bangabandhu Satellite Project has the prestigious "Acknowledgment of Excellence" honor from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim got the honor for the benefit of the administration at the finishing up function of the four-day ITU Telecom World 2016 in Bangkok on Thursday night, authorities said here yesterday.

The ITU in its honor authentication said it was satisfied to perceive Bangabandhu Satellite Project for its greatness in giving and advancing inventive ICT arrangements.

The Bangabandhu-1 Satellite is booked to be propelled in December 2017.

Shahjahan Mahmood, administrator of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, said the ITU granted the venture for its planned effect on the nation's financial improvement.

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A year ago, Prime Minister Sheik Hasina got the "ICT Sustainable Development Award" from the ITU. The head had committed the honor to the youngsters of Bangladesh.

The ITU this year likewise reported six noteworthy honors, perceiving brilliance and development in ICT arrangements. The triumphant passages are Global SME Award - BRCK, Kenya; Host Country SME Award - ServisHero, Thailand; Thematic Award (eGovernment) - Nile Center for Technology Research (NCTR), Sudan; Thematic Award (eHealth) - Neofect, Republic of Korea; Thematic Award (eEducation) - Academic Bridge, Rwanda and Thematic Award (Disaster Prevention/Recovery Communications) - Mastercard, United States.

The ITU is the UN's particular organization for data and correspondence advances.

Exactly 250 exhibitors, including 107 showing tech-SMEs and 60 accomplices and supporters partook in the ITU Telecom World 2016. More than 330 pioneers from 90 nations joined the occasion in the capital of Thailand.