Dhaka, Dec. 5 -- The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division published on Thursday the draft of the National Source Code Policy 2025 on its official website, with the slogan "Public Money, Public Code".

The proposed policy aims to formally recognise the government-funded software as a national asset as well as ensure public ownership, transparency, security and reusability of software developed using public resources.

The policy will apply to all software systems, applications, apps, APIs and digital services - developed or adopted by the government and funded through the national budget, foreign loans or support of development partners.

An official handout stated that compliance will be mandatory for all the ministries...