2024-05-21 12:18:14
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the seven-day lengthy eleventh Nationwide Small and Medium Industries (SME) Truthful.
He inaugurated the honest at Bangabandhu Worldwide Convention Middle (BICC) in Agargaon of the capital on Sunday (Could 19). Organized by SME Basis, this honest will proceed until Could 25.
The honest will likely be open for guests each day from 10 am to 9 pm. Greater than 300 entrepreneurs participated within the honest. About 60 % of members within the honest are girls entrepreneurs. As well as, one hundred pc home merchandise will likely be displayed on this honest. Greater than 300 and fifty corporations will take part on this honest.
On the identical event, Prime Minister handed over Nationwide SME Award-2023 together with crest and accreditation certificates to a number of small, medium and start-up entrepreneurs.
Minister of Business Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Business Zakia Sultana, President of FBCCI Mahbubul Alam and Chairman of SME Basis Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman spoke on the event.
Among the many awardees, Swapna Rani Sen expressed her emotions of successful the Nationwide SME Award-2023.
75 corporations will take part on this yr’s honest. Moreover, 42 establishments will exhibit jute merchandise, 38 establishments will exhibit handicrafts, 32 establishments will exhibit leather-based merchandise and 27 establishments will exhibit processed agricultural merchandise. Additionally 23 gentle engineering merchandise, 14 meals merchandise, 13 IT-based companies, 12 SME cluster entrepreneurs from completely different components of the nation will take part within the honest, 5 natural merchandise and 5 jewelery corporations will exhibit.
4 stalls will symbolize plastic merchandise, 3 electrical and electronics sectors, 3 furnishings and 19 completely different authorities establishments. Moreover, 30 banks, 15 public-private establishments, 5 college enterprise golf equipment and round 50 different establishments will present companies to the members of the honest.
SME Enterprise Incubation Facilities of Dhaka and Chittagong will showcase their actions underneath the supervision of SME Basis. 6 seminars on straightforward financing, girls entrepreneurship growth, know-how, ICT and cluster growth will likely be held at Windy City Corridor.