Bangladesh launches interactive gaming portal to mark Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s birthday

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Bangladesh launched its first interactive gaming platform named ‘Hasina and Friends’ to mark the 75th birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 28.

Important facts

• Unveiling this platform, Minister of State for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak said that it is the first learning platform built in Bangladesh.

• The Minister announced that from now on every year Hasina and Friends Festival will be organized in which children will also be rewarded.

About interactive gaming platform ‘Hasina and Friends’

• It is designed to educate children about the environment, education and digital connectivity.

• Children will be able to learn many life skills through this gaming platform.

• It has been designed to foster creativity among children, make them smart and inculcate in them progressive and liberal values. 

• This will give a boost to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Vision 2041 to make Bangladesh a developed country.

• Through this platform, children will be taught the lessons of the history, culture and development of Bangladesh.

About Sheikh Hasina

• Sheikh Hasina secured a fourth term as prime minister after winning the 2018 general election. 

• Hasina has become the longest-serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh since independence.