Public Policy and Administration Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5731(Paper) ISSN 2225-0972(Online) Vol.7, No.6, 2017 12 Difficulties and Possibilities of Implementing E-governance in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment for Justifiable Progress Md. Miraj Hossen Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Mareum Begum Assistant Chief, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh Golam Mahmud, (BCS-General Education, People's Republic of Bangladesh), Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, Government Zia Mohila College, Feni, Bangladesh Abstract E-governance is a much talk issue in the present days or even last two decade as a policy to removing corruption, ensuing involvement of mass people, providing eminence and smooth service at minimum costs, ensuring transparent and pro-people administration, improve government efficiency and better service and also for the accountability of government. Though, Bangladesh government took the initiative to appliance e-governance for last two decades but the implementation of e-Governance in Bangladesh is not up to the a remarkable till today and the government is not getting the full benefits of e-Governance yet for many reasons.This paper attempts to discover the activities and achievements of e-governance in Bangladesh as well as identify the obstacles and also propose some counteractive actions to implement e-governance. The observation result indicates that the main obstacles arise from the government policy, inadequate skilled and well-trained human resource, insufficient fund, lack of strategic plan, social and educational background of the nation, and many more. But the situation can be changed by taking necessary steps like political consensus, development of human resource, ICT penetration, and taking proper long-term plan implementing e-government in Bangladesh. After this, the paper suggests some ways to overcome the present situation and bringing it in the expected level of the implementation of e-governance in Bangladesh. Keywords: E-governance, SMART Governance, Good governance, ICT, Bangladesh. 1.0 Foreword To meet citizens‟ expectations of today’s world, governments are under pressure to become more effective, integrated, responsive and faster ones. They are under pressure to operate and respond in a way that is adjacent to citizens' choice and voice. Nowadays, in many cases, they need to be as instant as always been ready to serve at the mouse-click of a citizen. This situation leaves no alternative for any government of the present world but to willy-nilly embrace new technologies. In the perspective of technological revolution along with globalization, around the world, governments are accommodating innovative efforts and necessary add-ons to confirm desired changes in the area of public administration to keep pace with newer expectations of citizens. No government in the present world can avoid such changes. Rather, they need to rethink as to how they should be organized from the perspective of the people. In this course, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being considered as new tools for the governments. Exploiting the potentials of ICTs governments are becoming electronic -which is known as „e-government‟. However, introduction of e-governance not only involves changes to the systems, procedures, and processes of relevant services but also affects the ways and relationships in which citizens and business community, or the society as a whole, deals with government organizations. Government of Bangladesh has already started moving towards e-governance having its ambition to ensure better citizen services. However, with feeble socio-economic realities the country has to face many challenges, even in the very process of planning for development - i.e., in the process of identifying priorities when she struggles for fulfilling basic needs (like: food, shelter, health, education, pure drinking water, sanitation, etc.). In this context, transforming towards e-governance needs to answer many important questions; also, unavoidably needs to follow a goal-oriented plan of action. Besides, these sorts of steps need constant review and research support to achieve desired goals. 1.1 Objectives of the Study This paper is prepared to assess and meeting up the following objectives-  To have a look on the present status of e-governance and e-government in Bangladesh;  To appraise the achievements and the major hindrances to the implementation of e-governance in Bangladesh;