Cabinet decides to set up hi-tech park

The cabinet at a meeting yesterday approved three bills, including Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Bill 2009, and decided to set up a hi-tech park to fulfil the Awami League's electoral pledge to build a 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021.

Two other bills are Mobile Court Bill 2009 and Vested Property Return (Amendment) Bill 2009.

The hi-tech park would be built on 232 acres of lands at Kaliakoir in Gazipur. The land ministry has started the infrastructure development work for the park at a cost of Tk 25 crore, the prime minister's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after the meeting.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office.