First-ever National Land Conference begins Wednesday

A three-day national land conference is set to begin tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Bangabandhu Conference Center in Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the event which is being held for the first time ever.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate seven new initiatives of the Ministry of Land.

The Ministry of Land is organizing the national land conference from 29th-31st March  to highlight the role of the ministry in building a smart Bangladesh and to find out the future challenges of digitization of land services, according to a press release sent by the ministry.

Other objectives of the conference include informing citizens, government agencies, and stakeholders about the steps taken by the Ministry of Land, creating awareness among them about land management, and giving an idea about the existing laws and regulations related to land, the press release reads.

One of the 7 initiatives that the Prime Minister is set to inaugurate is the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Monument and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Guchchagram Complex.

The remaining 6 initiatives include Registration-Mutation Interconnection, Smart Land Map, Smart Land Records, Smart Land Pedia, Smart Land Service Center, and Union Land Office.

Four seminars/panel discussions on various topics related to land management have been scheduled to take place during the afternoons of the day of inauguration ceremony and the following two days, according to the press release.

The second and third-day activities of the conference will be held at BIAM Foundation in the capital, reports UNB.