Govt e-mail mandatory for civil servants

Secretariat Correspondent: The cabinet on Monday gave approval to the draft of the 'Government E-mail Policy-2018,' making it mandatory for civil servants to use official domain during e-mail correspondences.

The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister's Office (PMO) here with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Cabinet Secretary Md. Shafiul Alam briefed reporters after the meeting.

Briefing reporters, Shafiul Alam said according to the policy civil servants must use government domain gov.bd in their all e-mail correspondences.

The policy being approved, the government officials and employees would not be able to use other communication media (G-mail, Yahoo, Outlook) for their official purpose, he added.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 9, 2018/Noimuddin/AI