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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the "ASOCIO-2017 Digital Government Award" from Tarana Halim, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication.
The junior minister handed over the award to the PM at the beginning of Monday’s regular cabinet meeting held at the PM's Office in the morning.
Bangladesh Postal Department was awarded with "ASOCIO-2017 Digital Government Award" of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) in Malaysia in recognition to reaching out multidimensional digital services to the rural people.
The State Minister received the award from the ASOCIO Chairman on September 18.
Established in 1983 involving the National ICT Associations of 24 countries of Asia and Oceania region, ASOCIO gives awards in four categories each year.
According to a UNB report, the PM also received "Silver Award" of the Asia-Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) and "WITSA Merit Award" of The World Information Technology Services Alliance (WITSA) from Tarana.
Bangladesh Postal Department got the "Silver Award" of the AFACT as runners-up in the eAsia Award Competition for its eCommerce-related service "Postal Cash Card: Banking for Unbanked People."
The award was given on September 12 in Taiwan. The AFACT is giving eAsia Award every year for the initiative for bridging digital divide.
On the same day in Taiwan, the WITSA awarded Bangladesh Postal Department with "WITSA Merit Award "for transforming 8500 post offices of Bangladesh into e-centers.
WITSA is the leading organization of IT Industries and currently 80 countries are its members, while nearly 90 per cent of the world IT market represent to those countries.
The organisation is giving awards in eight categories each year.