‘Encourage youths to become entrepreneurs’
Engaging the youth in productive activities and encouraging them to become entrepreneurs is the best thing to do to boost economy, said Md Abdul Halim, secretary to the industries ministry yesterday.
He spoke at the concluding ceremony of a two-day 'Light Engineering Trade Fair' organised by Brac at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
The fair was held under BRAC's 'PRo-poor growth of rural enterprises through sustainable skills-development (PROGRESS)', a project funded by the European Union.
A total of 58 small businesses from 41 districts participated in the fair and received work orders worth more than Tk 1.9 crore.
"Access to finance is a significant area and we need whatever you want in writing so that we can work on the issues entrepreneurs face," said Halim.
He thanked BRAC for bringing approximately 5,000 light engineering entrepreneurs under the project.
"I would request them to keep these people under their umbrella so that they can avail benefits of the BRAC access. I would also request Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) to enlist these 5,000 entrepreneurs in their database," he added.
Brigadier general (retd) Aftab Uddin Ahmed, director of BRAC Skills Development Programme; Abdur Razzak, president of the Bangladesh Engineering Industry Owners Association; Mokammel Hossain, an additional secretary to the Prime Minister's Office; and Lila Rashid, a general manager of Bangladesh Bank, also spoke.
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