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ICT Division

Division

Digital Bangladesh initiative, ICT infrastructure, and e-governance

FY2026-27 proposed: Tk 2,049 crore gross, AFS Statement 8 · Budget hub →

FY2025-26 budget: Tk 2,144 crore net, iBAS · different basis from the gross figure above

Q1 FY2025-26 actual spend: Tk 180 crore (8.4% of budget) · operating Tk 55 cr, development Tk 125 cr (iBAS Statement-02)

ADP delivery portfolio FY2025-26 (RADP)

Largest projects by allocation:

• ডিজিটাল সরকার ও অর্থনীতি শক্তিশালীকরণ (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 828 cr alloc, 35.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
• ডিজিটাল সংযোগ স্থাপন (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 371 cr alloc, 13.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
• এসপায়ার টু ইনোভেট (এটুআই) প্রোগ্রাম (২য় সংশোধিত) · Tk 205 cr alloc, 59.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
• জেলা পর্যায়ে আইটি/হাই-টেক পার্ক স্থাপন (১২টি জেলায়) (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 179 cr alloc, 39.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
• আইটি ট্রেনিং ও ইনকিউবেশন সেন্টার স্থাপন (১oটি) (২য় সংশোধিত) · Tk 156 cr alloc, 42.0% of cost spent
• ডিজিটাল উদ্যোক্তা এবং উদ্ভাবন ইকো-সিস্টেম উন্নয়ন প্রকল্প (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 123 cr alloc, 23.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided

Source: Revised ADP FY2025-26, Planning Commission / IMED. Figures in crore taka.

Budget by division

Source: ibas_statement02 (FY2025-26, net basis)

Indicators

Tracked, awaiting data (36): adp_project_completion_rate_pct, autonomous_cost_recovery_rate_pct, autonomous_research_output_index, bb_ar22_profit_transferred_to_govt_tk, bb_cb_profit_transferred_to_govt_tk, bb_mei_banking_interest_rate_spread_pct, bb_mei_tbill_364d_yield_pct, bb_ps24_idtp_binimoy_monthly_transactions_count, bb_ps24_mfs_monthly_merchant_payments_billion_bdt, bbs_econcensus2013_brahmanbaria_manufacturing_establishments, cag_mtbf_ict_bcc_budget_revised_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_bcc_expenditure_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_bhtpa_budget_revised_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_bhtpa_expenditure_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_doict_budget_revised_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_doict_expenditure_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_kpi_training_target_achieved_pct, cag_mtbf_ict_secretariat_budget_revised_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_secretariat_expenditure_cr, cag_mtbf_ict_secretariat_utilization_pct, dept_service_delivery_efficiency_pct, fiscal_operating_expenditure_crore_bdt, gov_policy_reform_implementation_pct, imed_fiber_union_parishads_connected_count, imed_srdl_3rd_rdpp_allocation_bdt_cr, imed_srdl_actual_expenditure_bdt_cr, imed_srdl_freelancing_participation_pct, imed_srdl_internet_improper_rate_pct, imed_srdl_labs_established_count, imed_srdl_laptops_defective_rate_pct, reg_compliance_enforcement_rate_pct, reg_market_competition_index, statutory_mandate_enforcement_pct, telecom_internet_subscribers_total_nos, telecom_mobile_subscribers_total_nos, wb_internet_access

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Related research

• Bangladesh ICT & Software Services Analysis (primary)
• The State of Bangladesh Digital Economy (primary)
• The State of Bangladesh Digital Economy: Infrastructure, Governance, and the Smart Bangladesh Vision (primary)
• বাংলাদেশের কর্মীশক্তিতে এআই-ঝুঁকি (related)

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Legal basis

• Digital Security Act 2018 (2018) · administers · act
  Act XLVI of 2018
• Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 (2006) · administers · act
  Act XXXIX of 2006

Policy domains

Peer equivalent

Closest structural counterpart in a peer country: Ministry of Technology (Sri Lanka)