“Formation of a Knowledge-Based Society through utilization of Information Networking: Perspective Bangladesh”

Information era refers to a period in this globalize world when economies, social dimensions and demography are largely dominated and driven by information, in contrast to the previously industrial development driven society.

'Information society', 'knowledge network' and 'digital divide' are terms inducted in very recent days. The key element in this periphery, is the information, and it is the easy and free flow of information. It can be termed as the foundation stone and one step further to raw and un-processed data. Societies and communities have agreed on the term information, to describe the new economy and set forth as the driving force towards development of the new millennium.

Information society is created by information, similar to the industrial society. This society, therefore, is the kind of society produced by a reliance on information as the most significant factor in the means of production. Hence, it relies on the information economy to produce products, services, employment, wealth and lifestyle on which the community depends. Ultimately the whole community of a country can be benefited by optimum utilization of information to be flown into each territory of the society.

Knowledge, on the other hand, is dynamic and capable of creating dynamism in a similar way to capital and labor. Money, work and information are catalyst, while knowledge, capital and labor are concepts containing stored endurance. Given the right incubation, they are capable of creating fruitful outcome. Building a knowledge network molded by information can accelerate the pace of development.

Efforts have been given to accommodate propositions on fabricating a nation wide information network utilizing the existing information backbones in Bangladesh and a centrally driven content repository may eventually be established.