National Information and Communication Technology Awards () is the only state and highest prize in the

Information and Communication Technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computer ...

sector of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The award is being given since 2017.

History

The first award was given on 12 December 2017, on the first 'Information and Communication Technology Day'. The Government of Bangladesh provides the National Information and Communication Technology Awards to individuals and organizations for significant contributions to the development and development of the ICT industry. The winners are awarded crests as prizes. Before that on 2016 National ICT awards given at Digital World program by the government.

Awards by year

2017

Nine individuals and six organizations received awards in 2017: *

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, (lifetime achievement) *

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, special honor (posthumous) *

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, (health category) * Begum Umme Salam Tanjia (civil service) * Sheikh Abdul Aziz (Bangladesh), (software innovation) *

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(online banking) * Service Engine Limited (software export) *

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(education on ICT) * Sheba.xyz (start-up in ICT) * Toufique Imrose Khalidi, (journalism in a special category) *

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, (providing information services to farmers using mobile phone) * Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), (for contribution to provide service to people using ICT) * Pantho Rahaman (journalism) * Muhammad Khan (journalism) * Mahmudul Hasan Raju (journalism)

2016

* Syed Akhter Hossain (ICT Education and Technology) * Mohammad Abdul Haque (journalism)

References

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