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Sri Lanka : Creating awareness in Government on Information Security

Sri Lanka : Creating awareness in Government on Information Security

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) jointly hosted the 2nd Lanka Government Network Information Security Awareness Programme recently. Officials from District Secretariats, Divisional Secretariats and the Chief Secretariat of Western Province also attended the event. Mr. Wasantha Deshapriya, Program Director, Re-engineering Government, […]

September 21, 2007 | By | Reply More
CLP, An innovative approach for spreading IT to rural Bangladesh

CLP, An innovative approach for spreading IT to rural Bangladesh

Loona, Moona and Meghna, similar in age, are enrolled at the same grade level. Loona is among the top few students in her class at New York’s Stuyvesant High School. Moona alternates between second and third place in her class in Dhaka’s Green Herald School. Meghna is the top student in her class at Shimulpur […]

September 17, 2007 | By | Reply More
India `high’ on Intel’s list for setting up manufacturing facility: Craig Barrett

India `high’ on Intel’s list for setting up manufacturing facility: Craig Barrett

India, Sept. 3: Intel Corporation chairman Craig R Barrett today (September 03, 2007) said India continues to be “high on the list of sites” the world’s largest chipmaker could consider for setting up a manufacturing facility, if it requires additional capacity. “We have no need for additional capacity as of now. When we need additional […]

September 3, 2007 | By | Reply More
ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh

ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh

As we all know, the information or knowledge-based society is no longer a matter of the future, but a very contemporary urge of the time. In almost all aspects of our life, we need information and knowledge to get our basic needs met, to make decision, to move around, to study, to work, to participate […]

August 21, 2007 | By | Reply More
Learning on a Boat

Learning on a Boat

Riya, Afia and Kulsum are all six year olds and very excited about their first time in school. The three shy, giggly girls shout out the Bangla alphabets from their shiny new books in unison with the rest of the class. Their tattered clothes and dirty faces cannot take out the thrill they wait for […]

August 18, 2007 | By | Reply More