মানুষ আর প্রাণীর মধ্যে পার্থক্য হলো-চেতনাগত ও সংস্কৃতিগত। BIPLOBIDERKOTHA.COM Biplobiderkotha.com is a website dedicated firstly to the revolutionaries of Bengal and then also to the revolutionaries all around the world. This website contains extensive biographies of revolutionaries and also the biographies of some of the greatest national leaders of Bengal who took part in major political movements of their time and facilitated democratic development and freedom of people of this region. The website has been developed with the aim to create an online encyclopedia of Bengali revolutionaries. The site publishes revolutionaries’ life, work, and views in biographical and scholarly articles and pictorial documents. The sit has section of international revolutionaries. Currently the site contains more than 120 biographies of great revolutionaries and political leaders, and the number is growing regularly. The web developers of this site are also developing a picture gallery which will contain pictorial description of the life and work of major revolutionaries and major political events. The initiators realize that the history and development of modern world especially a post colonial countries like Bangladesh is the result of major political and revolutionary movements. In the information age we are living in demands of this information to be easily accessible for every one. Their mission is to provide this information to every one, to a common reader, students or researchers through the power of the Internet. A group of volunteers is behind this in initiative. The biplobiderkotha.com team also publishes a printed monthly magazine named “Biplobider Kotha” to reach people who do not have access to the Internet. Ministry of Science & ICT, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh and D.Net organised the Award Giving Gala Event of National Digital Innovation Award 2011. The programme was held on July 07 at 6 pm at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, Bijoy Shoroni, Tejgoan, Dhaka. Honorable Finance Minister Mr. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was present as the Chief Guest. Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Secretary, Ministry of Science & ICT, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh was present on the occasion. Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Eminent educationist, Chairperson of the Jury Board for National Digital Innovation Award 2011 was present. Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, National Project Director, Access to Information Programme (A2I), Prime Minister’s Office was Chairperson of the Gala Event. Dr Toufic Ahmad Choudhury, Chairperson of D.Net delivered the welcome speech. Access to Information Programme (A2I) is the Principal Partner and The Daily Prothom Alo, ATN News and The Daily Star are the Organising partner. ATN News would live broadcast the event Lemon 24 is the Media Partner and comjagat.com is the Online Partner of the event who live webcasted the whole event. Bdjobs.com, Association of Mobile Telecom Operators in Bangladesh (AMTOB) and Nazib Uddin Bhuiyan Deputy Managing Director of National Bank Ltd. are the sponsors of the event. D.Net is organizing the National Digital Innovation Award 2011 Competition for the second time in Bangladesh. We dedicated the awards to ten eminent personalities and institutions National Digital Innovation Award 2011 This year the second National Digital Innovation Award 2011 ceremony was merged with the fair and held yesterday where 31 top initiatives from 180 nominations received awards in various categories of which 11 became champions. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was present as the chief guest at the award ceremony with Jamilur Reza Choudhury, eminent educationist and chairperson of the jury board of the National Digital Innovation Award 2011. Of the champions three of the initiatives are from government organisations and the eight from private organisations. Among government organisations, Bangladesh Post Office received the award for its Electronic Money Transfer Service (EMTS) under the e-Finance category. Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited's (DESCO) Online Bill Payment System through the internet was the runner-up in the category while National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Online Income Tax Calculator and Online Income Tax Return Submission received special mention. Ministry of Communication received the champion's award for its Central Management System of Roads and Highways Department under the e-Inclusion and Participation category. Directorate General of Food and Management Information System (MIS) were chosen as runners-up. Agriculture Information Service (AIS) received the champion's awards under the e- Livelihood category. The Deputy Commissioner's Office at Bandarban was chosen as the runner-up for its Record Room Digitisation initiative. And Deputy Commissioner's office at Naogaon received special mention for its Customised database software on Agriculture Khasland Management Information System (AKMIS) and Agriculture Khasland Settlement Information System. Eight initiatives from individual, private and social enterprises received awards. Gonit pathshala, an initiative from the students of Dafodil University, received the champion's award under the eLearning and Education category. Bangla Text to Braille Translator was picked as the runner-up while TeamCreative Ltd.'s Champs21, a study assessment website, received special mention. Rabbit's Fury, a videogame, received the champion's award under e-Entertainment and Games category while Halda River: A Natural Fish Spawning Heritage of Bangladesh received the award under the e-Culture & Heritage category. appRain Content Management Framework received an award under e-Science and Technology category while Ankur ICT Development Foundation was picked as the runner-up for its Bangla Spell Checker. Under the e-Livelihood category, Activity for Reformation of Basic Needs' (ARBAN) initiative to Promoting Info- Lady for Building Inclusive Information and Knowledge based Upazilla won the champion's award. Somewhere in net ltd's somewhere in... blog received the champion's award under e-News and Social Media category while CEGIS (SMS Gateway System for Monitoring Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) to reduce the community health risk of Bangladesh received the award under m-Health category. In the m-Science and Technology category, Transformer Protection from Unauthorised Person received the champion's award. Ministry of Science & ICT and D.Net organised the contest while Access to Information Programme (A2I) is the Principal Partner and The Daily Star, The Daily Prothom Alo, ATN News were the organising partners. (thedailystar Friday, July 8, 2011)