Doel () 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 Telephone Shilpa Sangstha or TSS is a government owned telecoms company in Bangladesh. It launched the first laptop made/assembled in Bangladesh, Doel, in 2011. It also manufactures analogue phones, smartphones, and regular cell phones in Banglad ...

. It was the first laptop made in Bangladesh. The first laptop produced was launched for in 2011. The OS used is Android or

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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 ''Oriental magpie robin''. 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

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. 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. And in 2024 it was reported that the project faced a collapse due to irregularities, mismanagement, and corruption within Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS), Bangladesh.

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Doel laptop plant

Walton Laptop plant
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