ECNEC likely to clear police data centre capacity enhancement project today

BSS: The Planning Commission (PC) has sent the data centre of Bangladesh Police capacity enhancement project to the
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval in
its today’s meeting.
The government has decided to install a centrally controlled data centre
having security, reliability, tier-III (Tier-III Complainant) for Bangladesh
Police that will improve law and order for contributing towards the socio
economic development in the country, according to the PC.
The ECNEC meeting will be held tomorrow with Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina in the chair.
According to the project, Bangladesh Police under the Ministry of Home
Affairs will implement the data centre project at a cost of Taka 154 crore 77
lakh 42 thousand from July 2018 to June 2021.
Under the project, the number of online application will be increased
alongside upgrading the existing applications aimed at ensuring e-policing.
Bangladesh Police has taken a decision to improve the existing data
centre as ‘State of the Art Data Center’ to host the planned applications,
which would use for e-services, the project details said.
It said after approval of the project, some 42 set computers along with
accessories would be collected and 11 software would have to be developed and
furniture and other establishments.