In Bangladesh, the national Government created the Info-Sarker project. The project consists of three phases, with the aim of extension of the government ICT network to the lowest tier of administration and root-level citizens. Under phases I and II of this project, a high-speed Internet backbone network with high-capacity bandwidth using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology has been established in all ministries, government directorates/departments, all 64 districts and 488 Upazilas (subdistricts) and 18 130 government offices, and 25 000 tabs have been distributed to government officials for enhancing use of ICT in public sector. The central secretariat is under Wi-Fi connection, 600 police offices are under VNP connectivity, and 800 videoconferencing systems and one disaster recovery centre have also been established. Phase III is aimed at expanding the existing backbone network through 20 000 km of optical fibre cable to 2 600 rural administrative units (Union) and 1 600 police offices by June 2018. At least 60 per cent of the population will directly benefit from this project. The project is expected to increase the fixed broadband connectivity from the existing 5 per cent of households to more than 15 per cent of households and is expected to contribute a 1 per cent increase to gross domestic product. This project is developed in partnership with the China Railway International Group and it is relevant to the advancement of SDGs 8, 9 and 10.