rahitulislam – OKFN: LOCAL Bangladesh http://bd.okfn.org A local group of the open knowledge foundation Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:17:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 113449452 Open Data Day Observed In Bangladesh http://bd.okfn.org/2015/02/24/open-data-day-observed-in-bangladesh/ http://bd.okfn.org/2015/02/24/open-data-day-observed-in-bangladesh/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:34:59 +0000 https://bd.okfn.org/?p=107 Like many countries across the globe, Open Data Day 2015 was also observed in Bangladesh on Saturday. With an initiative from Open Knowledge Bangladesh, the day was observed at a special event in the city. This initiative from UK based international organization Open Knowledge, the latest data analysis on application coding and data visualization was completed yesterday. This was done at selected cities by open knowledge volunteers. As a part of this initiative, the event was held by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) in Dhaka, which included discussions amongst the present audience.

Oepn Data Day 2015 Celebration

 

Jabed Morshed Chowdhury, Joint Secretary of BDOSN and Bangla administrator of Google Developer Group, and Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive, Ambassador, Open Knowledge Bangladesh, discussed various topics and issues of Open Data. These included talks on what Open Data is, how it works, where Bangladesh fits in, etc.  Aside from this, those interested to work with open data were introduced to various tools of Open Knowledge.

Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive said “Several counties across the globe are observing the open data day this year. To spread the word in Bangladesh, we are observing this day and speaking on different topics relating to it.”

Open Data Day 2015 celebration by OK Bangladesh

Abu Sayed, president of Mukto Ashor, Bayzid Bhuiyan Juwel, General Secretary of Mukto Ashor, Nusrat Jahan, Executive Officer of Janata Bank Limited and Promi Nahid, BdOSN coordinator, also spoke at the event, among others.

In this event Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive discuss about open data. Also arrange a small hackathon and try to show few open data activities to all participant. Before end the program cut a cake and celebrate the day.

All event photo available this link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_Data_Day_2015_at_Dhaka_Bangladesh

]]> http://bd.okfn.org/2015/02/24/open-data-day-observed-in-bangladesh/feed/ 0 107 OKFnBD Celebrate Education Freedom Day 2014 http://bd.okfn.org/2014/01/21/okfnbd-celebrate-education-freedom-day-2014-2/ http://bd.okfn.org/2014/01/21/okfnbd-celebrate-education-freedom-day-2014-2/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:30:20 +0000 https://bd.okfn.org/?p=85 Education Freedom Day Program (1) copyOn the third Saturday of January, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and the Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN) jointly organized program. Education Freedom Day 2014 celebrated in Bangladesh as well as in different countries of the world. Digital Freedom Foundation declares the third Saturday of the January as EFD. On the third Saturday of January, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and the Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN) Bangladesh jointly organized program. At the event, the guests are discussing on free educational software and materials, which can easily reach to all.
This year’s main aim of the day was “Availability of education related software and open education components”. The goal of the day is the use of technology in education is a fundamental right for everyone. For the achievement of the goal, the consortium encourages distribution and creation of free software, free textbooks, and free educational materials. This program held at the head office of Bangladesh Open source Network. General Secretary of BdOSN Mr. Munir Hasan announce that, for encourage of the open education BDOSN and Shikkhok.com jointly started new course.
OKFN Bangladesh Ambassador and Bengali Wikipedia administrator Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive articulate that, If education related websites and software are available for all, the overall quality of the education will be raised. Mukto Asar’s president Abu Sayed, Assistant coordinator of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee Ayubur Rahman, Higher Education Department official Ariful Islam, Engineer Abu Taher , a central member of OKFN Bangladesh Rahitul Islam Ruwel, Rafat Jamil, Palash Nandy, Musa Kajim Naim and volunteers of BdOSN and OKFN attended the program. After the program, at the open discussion session the participants are talked about the importance of education related software distribution and creation. A documentary also aired at the event. Details of EFD are searched at www.educationfreedomday.org

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