Doel ( bn, দোয়েল) was a laptop assembled in

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as part of a circa 2011 national education program. It is assembled by Telephone Shilpa Sangstha. It was the first laptop made in Bangladesh. The first laptop produced was launched for in 2011. The OS used is

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(e.g. XP Home, Vista Starter or Home Basic).
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The computer's name comes from the national bird of Bangladesh, the ''doel'' or

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, a widely used symbol in Bangladesh. In 2011, the eventual plan was to distribute Doel and other computers to every K-12 student in Bangladesh, along with

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(such as

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) for education and open educational resources. Bangladesh had digitized an entire suite of textbooks in the Bengali language for free distribution. In the event, the project faced technical and fund problems, and by 2016, was in limbo.

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