Monday, July 22, 2019

RS Khatian Online System in Bangladesh | RSK


Earlier, peoples were able to collect different records of land such as SA, CS, BRS Copy / Porcha / Khatian / Certified copies etc from the Union Parishad Digital Center after a week of application. But now people will be able to get the PDF copy of RS Khotian of land in just 5 minutes through online. The Land Ministry of the Government of Bangladesh has recently launched this online system.

Khatian is a type of document about the land identity. The official document containing the details of the land which is prepared by the government survey is known as Khatian. In Khotian there is a clear description of the landowner's name, father's name, address, ownership details, land area, name of mouza, serial number (JL number), boundary, land category, occupier's name, portion, etc. When a copy of Khatian is made on a separate paper sheet is called Porcha.

The Khatina is a very important land related document. If anybody wants to buy land then he must verify the design made during the survey, exact land area, mouza, khatian and daag (plot) numbers. The buyer must verify the porcha. After purchasing any land the khatian / porcha may be required any time. Any problem with the Khaitan or Porcha may hinder the ownership sale of land. So any problem with this kind of documents must be fixed. Identification of land is required to determine the ownership which is very important. Khatiyan is required to collect pay development tax, proof of occupation, transfer, ease of dispute settlement, preserve land ownership history, share land, account, class, etc for the purpose of verification of land sale.

The previous method of withdrawal of Khatian in Bangladesh:
Earlier after applying at the district land head office, it took about one to two months to get a handwritten certified Khatian copy after inspection. Brokers or intermediaries took this opportunity to deliver Khotians for money. They used to get hundreds of thousands of money from ordinary people who need that important document.

In order to relieve the sufferings as a pilot project the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Jessore Mr. Mustafizur Rahman took initiative to provide land khatian / porcha through online application. After success of this pilot project in Jessore, later in November of the same year, initiatives were taken to provide the service through counters, server room setup in the remaining 63 districts of Bangladesh. In that case, the applicant had to go to the district land headquarters.

Next year the application process started from the Information Service Center of the Union Parishad digital center. Later the E-Land Record Service (ELRS) system was introduced as a pilot project in thirty Union Information Services Centers under Sirajganj district. After getting positive feedback from the users, the Ministry of Land launched the service from all the Union Parishad Digital Information Centers across the country.

The RSK (R S Khatian) method:
Although the application was made from the Union Information Service Center through ELRS system, there was not any immediate system to get the Khatian / Porcha copy. After one week it had to be collected from the Information Services Center. Considering some of the situations, the complexity and longevity of obtaining Khatian, costing, reducing broker’s problems, making geostationary services more transparent and accountable and to provide easy service which would be accessible to all, Initiatives have been taken to implement the RSK system thorough the whole country.

With the help of the a2i project under direct supervision of the Prime Minister's Office the RS Khatiyan (RSK) Online Opening Program was inaugurated at the Secretariat on February 23, 2019 with the slogan 'Hater Muthoy Khatian'. Now this service can be obtained through online at land.gov.bd or rsk.land.gov.bd or www.minland.gov.bd or via the RS Khotian mobile app.

There are approximately 61,500 mouzas (except three hill tract districts) in the country. Of these, the survey of 41,000 mouzas has been completed. Nearly 1,64,00000 RS Khotians of 32,000 Mouzar's has been uploaded online. Survey activities are an ongoing process and the remaining khatians will be uploaded soon on the server. Also after completing the survey, the final Gazette of Khotians will be uploaded. As a result people will no longer need to run at the Land Office or DC Office to get an online or certified copy of Khatian.

How to get online RSK service:
  • Just follow the steps, go to the link: https://www.land.gov.bd/pages/R-S-Khotian/
  • An online application page will appear (see the below screenshots). Select name of your Division, Districts, Upazila and Mouja from the dropdown menu.
  • Then tick on Khatian number and provide the Khatian number, or other asking information, the name of the owner or the name of the father or husband should be given.
  • After providing all of information’s, complete the sum and type the result in the box.
  • Then press the Khujun (Find) button.
  • All details of your desired RS khatian of land will appear. There will be two link buttons called 'Apply for certified copy' or 'Apply for online copy'. Select whichever you want.

Obtain certified RS Khotian copy:
  • For the certified hard copy of RS ​​Khatian, press the first button. Then a new page will appear. There will be ‘general’ or ‘urgent’ delivery mode, delivery from ‘office counters’ or by ‘post’. Select your desired options.
  • Then fill up the form with name, mobile number, NID card number, e-mail address, postal address etc.
  • Normal delivery will take five days and emergency delivery will take three days.
  • Delivery charge will not apply if khatian copy taken from office counter. In this case a fee will be charged amount of Taka 22 or 27 which is payable by UCash.
  • If you take delivery by the post office, you have to pay a total of 72 or 77 taka by UCash. After providing the fees your certified RS khatian copy will be delivered at your door step.

Obtain RS Khotian PDF copy:
  • If you want to take online PDF copy, click on the 'Apply for Online Copy' button.
  • In the page, the above mentioned same form must be filled up providing the name, mobile number NID number, e-mail ID etc.
  • Then click on the print button below. The online RS khatian copy will be open in a new page as PDF. It can be downloaded or printed.

RS Khatian service using mobile app:
  • Download the app called 'RS Khotian' from Google Play Store using your Smartphone. The app will be open when it is downloaded and installed. Now the same application system as described above will show up. Just follow the instructions and get your RS Khatian copy.

There are also tracking facilities when you applied for certified RS Khatian copy. To track your copy, go to the link: https://www.land.gov.bd/pages/R-S-Khotian link or open the app. In the Tracking Box option fill the form providing your application ID, mobile number and sum result click on the Find (Khujun) button. You will see the current location of your certified copy.

For more details please visit the official website of Land Ministry or download the RS Khotian app.

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Friday, July 19, 2019

Amazon is Coming to Bangladesh or Not!


There was a buzz about the launch of the world famous US e-commerce giant Amazon in Bangladesh. But this time the progress of the issue has been known much. Based on the information of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), recently Amazon officials are doing meeting with the department to start their operations in Bangladesh.

On Wednesday 17th July 2019, the e-commerce company ‘Amazon’ attended a meeting with the Information and Communication Technology Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak about their activities. Then Amazon can report on their start up activities. Later it was known that the Amazon wants to collect Bangladeshi products in their own warehouses and give opportunity to entrepreneurs instead of starting activities in Bangladesh. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak told the media after the discussion.


At the beginning of the year 2018, Amazon officials evaluated the possibility of starting their activities in Bangladesh. Initially it was known that Amazaon will start their program by acquisition any company of Bangladesh. Later no information was given by Amazon on this issue. They did not officially commented on investment activities in Bangladesh.

From the last year, the famous and popular Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba was working in Bangladesh by buying South Asian e-commerce company Daraj Group.

The US Company Amazon is one of the biggest online platform works on e-Commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital Streaming and Artificial Intelligence etc. At present world's four largest companies are Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. Jeff Bejos started its journey on 5 July 1994.


Now Amazon wants to sell Bangladeshi products abroad. Their aim is to sell Bangladeshi products from their own warehouse to the global platform. Apart from this, they discussed the principles of financial support needed to sell merchandise goods to the Amazon platform.

A delegation of the Amazon participated in a meeting with the state minister and officials of the ICT Tower at Agargaon. As an Amazon's representative the category manager of International Expansion Division Mr. Gagan Dip Sagor attended the meeting.

After the meeting, the State Minister said, "Amazon wants to sell Bangladeshi entrepreneurs in their own warehouses to their global platforms. We will see how our policies and strategies will be in this regard.”

There was no official announcement by Amazon regarding the meeting. There was no announcement about whether Amazon will launch their activities in Bangladesh. The Minister said, 'whether they will come to Bangladesh or not, it depends on their wishes and our policies.'

According to the Department of ICT, the meeting was held but no one wants to make any comment regarding this issue.

So, the buzz still remains buzz. Let us wait and see whether Amazon is coming to Bangladesh or not! If they really come then when!

And we think once Amazon will start their business in Bangladesh.


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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Porichoy | Easy NID Verification Service in Bangladesh


After a long wait the National Identity Card Gateway 'porichoy' (www.porichoy.gov.bd) to check National Identity Card (NID) has been officially launched on Wednesday, 17th July, 2019. The Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the ceremony at Agargaon's ICT Tower in Dhaka.

As a chief guest Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on the ceremony, “my dream is that people of the country will no need to go to the government offices to get various services. As a part of this, our successful venture with the private sector partnership we have launched this NID checking service”.


The ICT State Minister of the country Junaid Ahmed Palak said that under the leadership of Prime Minister's Information Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the government has digitized various types of services for the citizen and the Porichoy is such as a breakthrough. The minister also said, “We were working on 'porichoy' under his leadership for a long time and from today it is open for everyone. Since the formation of the government, we have been working to bring variety of public services to the doorstep of the people. This kind of demonstration is such a service.

The Secretary of ICT Division N M Jiaul Alam, Managing Director of Bangladesh High-Tech Park Authority Hosne Ara Begum, Policy Advisor of A2I program Anir Chowdhury and other senior officials of the ICT Departments were present in the inauguration.

Note that Porichoy is a gateway server which is associated with the national database of Election Commission of Bangladesh. It is an application programming that allows customers of a public or private organization to check their national identity card (NID) instantly. They don’t to wait for 3 to 5 days as before.


In the current process, the companies manually verify the National Identity Card Information by logging in to the Election Commission website. Many organizations do not even scrutinize the NID because they do not have access to the NID database of Election Commission.

But using the newly inaugurated porichoy gateway, it does not require any human to verify national ID. If any company connects with the gateway server through the software, NID identification results will be received automatically.

Those who now need to open a bank account, digital Wallet account, or where NID card require at work, they will be greatly benefited. For them it will be easy and time consuming. Registering your own name will not suffocate for verification. This will immediately detect fake IDs and prevent fraud and make services more secure.

The 'Porichoy gateway' will keep privacy and security for the user and will speed up the working process by reducing the national identity card verification.

Initially the user (company / organization) need to sign up for this service in www.porichoybd.com to test the API. Then the user will receive an email walking through the service within 24 hours to guide you through the process.


Please visit the websites for more details.


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Sunday, July 14, 2019

Google'e New Social Networking App ShoeLace is Coming


According to the famous digital online tech platform techradar, Google is building a new social network, named Shoelace, which it claims will "supercharge your social life".

Previously Google has tried with some online social platform like Google Buzz, Orkut, Google+ and message service like Allo, Google Wave etc. Now they are working to bring another Social Networking platform ‘Shoelace’ which will available on Android and iOS Platform. Though Google has failed to make a successful social network for a long time but this time hope the Shoelace will bring success.



This app will help users to find out users interested in same subject through online. If you want you will be able to offer live chat with all your friends using the app in a specific place. Google is already examining the functionality of the app in New York City as test basis.

The Shoelace app will open on your Smartphone after getting invitation from another user having account on the app. The app has adopted an invite-only approach. The Shoelace will be unveiled soon if everything is okay after testing. Shoelace is aimed at growing your group of friends by matching you with people with the same interests and hobbies.


Recently, Google has closed its social networking site 'Google Plus' as it has revealed personal information about users due to security problems. In 2011, Google launched a social networking site to compete with Facebook. But since the beginning, failing to gain users confidence through Google+, they has taken the initiative to launch the Shoelace platform.

Now, it’s time for us to wait and see what is going to happen next.


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Monday, July 8, 2019

Team Primus from AUST-Bangladesh will Compete in FS UK 2019


Formula Student UK, one of the best names in the competition in the world's automotive sector. It is the Europe's most established educational engineering competition. More than three thousand students of the University from around the world take part in the 'One Sitter Racing Car' competition. The 21st edition of this competition is going to be held in July, 2019.

Each year, Formula Student sees over 100 university teams from around the globe travel to Silverstone to compete in static and dynamic events that will test their preparation and hard work: who will be crowned the winner of Formula Student 2019?



Three racing car competitions are renowned all over the world. Among them, the 'Formula Student UK' competition under the Society of Automobile Engineers-SA is the topmost. They are participating in Bangladesh for the first time. Besides, the 'Cell Eco-Marathon' and 'Bridgestone World Solar Challenge' competition are well-known.

For the first time, 'Team Primes’ a group of Bangladeshi students are going to take part in this competition in the artistic engineering competition. The 31-member group of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) will visit “Silverstone Circuit” ground at Northamptonshire from 17th to 21st of July in Britain. All members of 'Team Primes' are desperate to take victory. Besides, these young people are waiting for the opportunity of acquiring knowledge.

The journey of Team Primus to fulfill the dream was not easy. All the members worked really hard. The first thing was need of a '600-710 cc engine. But at present the maximum import approval from the government is only '165 cc' in Bangladesh. In this situation, the request was made by the team to import the desired engine to the government. It took a lot of time to get the permit to buy the engine.


The inconvenience of the raw materials to build the body of the racing car was the second challenge. The required raw materials were brought from India to build the whole racing car as per their design and calculation.

Team Primus said that it was a long-standing dream of presenting Bangladesh in Formula Student UK competition. Initially 21 students of the Mechanical Engineering Department, 5 of the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, 3 of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and two teachers together formed the team.

Team Primus got the opportunity with Business Logic Case - BLC. Through the BLC they informed about the cost of production of their cars, subscribers, numbers of products produced annually and the possibility of marketing. Later in the final competition through submission of few more reports, they are participating as the first and only team from Bangladesh.

Team Primus is in the 2019 CLASS 1 CONFIRMED LIST. In Class-1 category there are total 86 final participants and in Class-2 there are total 37 participants. The TEAM PRIMUS will compete with some best teams coming from top class universities around the world. See the below screenshot (Click on the Images to enlarge).



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Monday, July 1, 2019

LILIUM Jet | World's first Flying Taxi with Five Seat


Time is changing, as time passes the technology is progressing fast. In this era of modernization, various technology organizations make our lives easier by making new innovations. In this series, taxis coming that are capable of flying.

A startup company in Germany named ‘Lilium’ has introduced a taxi which has flying capability. This company mainly deals with Air Taxi. From May 2019, Lilium has tested successfully such type of taxi that can fly automatically. They were successfully able to fly the taxi during the test and land safely after some time floating on the sky.



  • The number of seats in this taxi is five that mean 5 people will be able to get on it as passenger and this type of taxi is the first in the world.
  • This taxi is able to fly automatically.
  • Total 36 independent Electrical Engines have been installed in this jet. These engines don’t create such type of noise like helicopter or other jet.
  • This lilium jet even doesn’t have any kind of impact on the environment.
  • The Lilium Jet is capable of travel 300 kilometers in just 60 minutes.
  • Once the taxi gets charged, it will be able to fly 300 kilometers distance.
  • The taxi is perfectly suited to efficient cruise flight with zero operational emissions and record-breaking power-to-weight and thrust-to-noise ratios.
  • The Lilium Taxi is being certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Europe and by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in USA.


The Lilium Jet flying taxi is the first ever electric engines in commercial certification. Nothing like the Lilium Jet has ever existed before. Its iconic design and pioneering technology bring the vision of fully-electric transition flight to reality. It’s the new mobility service for the modern, urbanized age.







Lilium's co-founder and chief executive Daniel Wiegand said about this innovation that 36 electric motors were used in this air taxi and with the help of these engines, it is flying and landing. The company will start production of this flying taxi in huge quantities by 2020.

Service:
Based on the information provided on the website of Lilium, they will provide flying taxi services in various cities around the world by the year 2025. Using a mobile app, passenger will be able to call a flying taxi from their nearest landing stations. 
  • The Lilium app will enable you to locate your nearest landing pad and plan your journey with ease.
  • Choosing from a network of landing pads across cities and regions, you'll enjoy prices that are competitive with today's travel options.


For latest and updated information, please visit the website of Lilium.


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