Bangladesh
IT Products Supply Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry wants IT product supply to continue during lockdown
Dhaka, August 4: The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology has instructed not to impede the supply of IT products, including computer hardware, during the ongoing lockdown. It said the IT sector has been brought under the emergency services sector.
At the same time, if there is a problem with the computer hardware, it has instructed to check the identity cards of the people who have traveled to different places to travelshoot and allow them to move. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar confirmed the information on Wednesday (July 4).
The minister said, "A decision in this regard was taken in the cabinet. This decision was taken in response to the demand of Bangladesh Computer Society. But sometimes it was not allowed. A letter has been sent to the concerned people again on August 3."
He said, "The IT sector has been brought under the purview of the emergency services sector and limited supply of IT products, including computer hardware, has been allowed in compliance with the hygienic regulations during the restrictions."
Meanwhile, a letter signed by Israt Jahan, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has been sent to the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, all Deputy Commissioners of the country and Dhaka District Superintendent of Police (SP).
According to the letter, the information technology sector has been playing an important role in keeping the communication, health and medical, food, education, media and other sectors active. Most organizations continue to conduct official activities through online video conferencing. But due to restrictions, all the information technology services are being hampered to keep these important public activities active. As a result, in order to keep these services active, the IT sector needs to be considered as an urgent service and the manpower working in IT and hardware providers and solution providers need to be given the opportunity to comply with the hygiene rules.
The letter further said that in order to keep the services of various organizations running in such a situation, the companies providing computer hardware products and service providers should be considered as emergency service providers. At the same time, as per the instructions of the Cabinet Department, it was requested to allow the movement of manpower working in the concerned institutions subject to the display of institutional identity cards.
