Premier Bank honours SME women entrepreneurs

Premier Bank honoured women entrepreneurs for their contribution to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector on the occasion of the International Women's Day at the Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel last week.

Md Obaidul Hoque, executive director of the SME and special programmes department at the Bangladesh Bank, and Muhammed Ali, adviser of Premier Bank, handed over the crests of the SME Women Entrepreneurs Award to the winners, a press release said.

Jahanara Begum of Suntex International won the award in the trading category, Sharmin Akter of Material Handling Solution in the service category and Saria Hossain of Knots Logistics Ltd in the service category.

M Reazul Karim, managing director of Premier Bank, presided over the programme.

Md Jaker Hossain, general manager of the SME and special programmes department at the BB, Liza Fahmida, Rozina Akhter Mostafi, deputy general managers, and Afsana Choudhury, deputy director, and Syed Nowsher Ali, Shamsuddin Choudhury, Shahed Sikandar, Kazi Ahsan Khalil, Syed Abul Hashem, deputy managing directors of Premier Bank, were also present.