Full coverage: South Asia

26.07.2004 As part of a major Information Technology (IT) exercise, the Sri Lankan government has launched a pioneering island wide program to train school principals and teachers in the troubled island nation, and introduce IT in the school curriculum.

26.07.2004 As part of a major Information Technology (IT) exercise, the Sri Lankan government has launched a pioneering island wide program to train school principals and teachers in the troubled island nation, and introduce IT in the school curriculum.

19.07.2004 The Grameen Bank will further strengthen its ICT and phone network in the villages of Bangladesh with the World Bank award for ICTs.

16.07.2004 OneWorld South Asia and the MS Swaminathan Foundation held a two-day workshop for policy makers on setting up an infokiosk in every Indian village by 2007.

14.07.2004 Cyber Olympiad, a national examination in India to test mental ability, logical and analytical reasoning and the IT knowledge of students, invites entries by July 20, 2004. The examination for classes III to XII is going to be held on August 12, 2004.

12.07.2004 The state of Punjab, India, has announced that it is hiring ‘world class’ IT professionals to implement its e-governance plan. The professionals will work with the Punjab Information Technology Board to improve the efficiency of the administration. The government has invited recommendations from the people.

05.07.2004 A network for sharing of programme content is helping Nepal’s FM stations connect better. Eleven FM radios outside the Kathmandu valley are using Internet, wireless and other new media technology to share six hours of audio software a week produced from a central hub. Started in 2001, the Networking FM Radio Stations in Nepal project now aims to provide up to 19 hours of programming.

01.07.2004 Policy makers from Indian government will deliberate on broadband and ICT development in a two-day ministerial conference from July 1 to 2 in Bangkok. The conference is being organised by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) to establish a framework of activities for broadband deployment in the APT member countries.