The ICT industry is a relatively new sector in the country's economy. Though it is yet to make tangible contributions in the national economy, it is an important growth industry. The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) was established in 1997 as the national trade body for software and IT service industry. Starting with only 17 member companies, by 2009 membership had grown to 326. In a study among Asian countries by Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2007–08, Bangladesh was ranked first in software and IT services competitiveness and third in competencies, after India and China.^[7] The World Bank, in a study conducted in 2008, projected triple digit growth for Bangladesh in IT services and software exports.^[7] Bangladesh was also listed as one of the top 30 Countries for Offshore Services in 2010–2011 by Gartner.^[8] The Internet penetration has also grown to 21.27 percent in 2012, up from 3.2 percent three years prior.^[9] But still Bangladeshi people are not so qualified to use ICT. So Bangladeshi government is giving much priority in it. If Bangladesh wants to become digital Bangladesh, she(Bangladesh) must make sure of giving ICT education to her childrens and therefore Bangladesh can make the best use of it. From a TV source of Bangladesh, government agreed to give the light of programming knowledge to the childrens from the primary level of their life.

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector of the country has maintained 57.21 percent export growth on an average over the last nine years since 2009.^[10] In the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17, Bangladesh ICT sector registered export earnings worth US$0.8 billion from the global market and US$1.54 billion from the domestic market span - thereby making around one percent contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP).^[10] The ICT sector has created around three hundred thousand job opportunities so far.^[10]

As the Internet usage increases, the government expects the IT sector to add 7.28 percent to GDP growth by 2021.^[9]