BB-Bank Asia training for small entrepreneurs

Bank Asia Ltd, in association with Bangladesh Bank, recently organised a month-long "Entrepreneurship Development Programme" for small-and-medium entrepreneurs in Cox's Bazar.

On the concluding day of the training programme, certificates were handed over to 25 participants, who were selected from 200 applicants, a press release said.

Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla, deputy managing director of Bank Asia, was the chief guest and Md Arifuzzaman, additional director of Bangladesh Bank, was the special guest of the closing ceremony on Wednesday.

Md Jahid Iqbal, joint director of Bangladesh Bank, Md Shaminoor Rahman, head of MSME at Bank Asia, BM Shahidul Haque, head of the Bank Asia Institute of Training and Development and Md Nasimul Haque, head of Cox's Bazar branch, were also present.

The training programme intended to equip new entrepreneurs with the required business skills, contribute to the country's economic growth and foster employment generation.

The programme was funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and managed by the Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) of the SME and Special Programmes Department at Bangladesh Bank.