A nation’s economic and social development depends on the state of health of its citizens. Although health is recognized constitutionally as a basic human sight, it is often not possible for a development country like Bangladesh to provide health facilities for its citizens due to various constraints. It…

The e-Krishok initiative has been developed with the aim of bridging the digital divide/disparity, where the farmers remain as the demographic group who are pretty much unscathed or unaffected by the technological revolution in our country. With this aim set in position, BIID geared up to bring the benefits of ICT…

The Bangladesh Institute of ICT In Development (BIID) has long experience of working with telecentres with different networks across Bangladesh and operates in a very dynamic and rapidly evolving market. In its guest for facilitating provision of convenient, reliable and affordable access to ICT and its application to people at the bottom of the pyramid, it developed the ‘ Batighar’-a network of telecentres for information and outreach.

Batighar, the name derived from the English word…

Man, machine and management – these 3Ms are the major components for the success of any enterprise. When three of these function properly, an organization can achieve its desired goal. However, it is the human factor which is the soul that brings life to the organization. And this is where our Md.…

As the saying goes “knowledge is power”. This power can be gained through access to convenient, reliable and affordable information. But then again, Bangladesh being a third world country, there is great inequality of knowledge or, more exactly, information, as much as there great inequality of wealth. Thus, with the aim of facilitating the provision of ICT enabled knowledge platform which is applicable for the people at the bottom of the pyramid, the ‘Batighar’ was established at the Baira…