Govt to allocate plots for women entrepreneurs in Sylhet SEZ
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
FE Report
The government will allocate plots for the women entrepreneurs at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sylhet to ensure their financial empowerment, Industries Minister Dilip Borua Monday said.
"The women entrepreneurs will also get plots in a special quota in the proposed BSCIC industrial town in Sirajganj," he said.
Dilip Borua said these while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop titled "Anti-Corruption Reform Efforts for Women Entrepreneurs", organised by Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) at the National Press Club.
He urged the women entrepreneurs to actively join the social movement to eradicate corruption.
He said, "We need free flow of information, financial capability and effective power structure to tackle corruption, and our government has already passed law to ensure free flow of information to all including women entrepreneurs."
In reply to a question, chairman of SME Foundation Aftab Ul Islam said, "The women entrepreneurs will be included in the general board of the SME Foundation within the next month, and after that they will be included in its board of directors also."
He said the women entrepreneurs have to acquire more knowledge on IT to face the challenges of the 21st century.
The speakers in the programme demanded more allocation in the national budget for the women entrepreneurs to boost up national industrilisation.
The government will allocate plots for the women entrepreneurs at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sylhet to ensure their financial empowerment, Industries Minister Dilip Borua Monday said.
"The women entrepreneurs will also get plots in a special quota in the proposed BSCIC industrial town in Sirajganj," he said.
Dilip Borua said these while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop titled "Anti-Corruption Reform Efforts for Women Entrepreneurs", organised by Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) at the National Press Club.
He urged the women entrepreneurs to actively join the social movement to eradicate corruption.
He said, "We need free flow of information, financial capability and effective power structure to tackle corruption, and our government has already passed law to ensure free flow of information to all including women entrepreneurs."
In reply to a question, chairman of SME Foundation Aftab Ul Islam said, "The women entrepreneurs will be included in the general board of the SME Foundation within the next month, and after that they will be included in its board of directors also."
He said the women entrepreneurs have to acquire more knowledge on IT to face the challenges of the 21st century.
The speakers in the programme demanded more allocation in the national budget for the women entrepreneurs to boost up national industrilisation.