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06.06.2006 Dr. Ham-Mukasa Mulira, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert has been appointed as the first minister to serve in a new ICT ministry.

06.06.2006 Pakistan government recently announced the highest ever Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for financial year 2006-07 at Rs 435 billion (gross), with a federal share of Rs 320 billion and focus on infrastructure and social sector development.

06.06.2006 Grassroots Options, Northeast India’s first magazine on people, environment & development published since September 1994, is online now. This is an independent media initiative of a group of working journalists based in northeastern region of India.

05.06.2006 The Manilla-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced its $20 million pact with the Republic of Korea that will help the Bank to assist its member countries to achieve MDGs with strategic uses of ICTs.

05.06.2006 Rural infrastructure development, particluarly improvement in road, telecommunication and electricity, has increased livelihoods opportunities for the rural citizens in Northern Bangladesh, concluded the participants in a recent workshop organised by Care Bangladesh.

02.06.2006 The increase in mobile phones tariffs, fuel and manufactured consumer products have pushed Uganda's headline inflation rate to 7.0 percent.

02.06.2006 OneWorld south Asia is committed to empower the community using ICTs as an effective communication medium.