 SME Foundation chairperson Aftab ul Islam yesterday said that the present government is keen to remove the hurdles faced by the entrepreneurs of the small and medium enterprises.
While discussing with a 21 member delegation headed by Ms Monowara Hakim Ali, president of the Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CWCCI) at the SME Foundation office, Aftab ul Islam said, SME Foundation will do everything possible for the empowerment of the women entrepreneurs. Managing Director of SME Foundation Dr. Momtaz Uddin Ahmed was also present on the occasion.
SME Foundation of Bangladesh would fast-track a credit-wholesaling programme to give financial support to small entrepreneurs, he told the CWCCI delegation adding that SME Foundation has been working to devise ways and means so that SMEs could have easy access to credit.
Professor Momtaz Uddin Ahmed, managing director of the foundation said that developed countries achieved their economic growth through developing their SME sector.
Among others, CWCCI leaders; Gulshan Ara, Khaleda Akhtar, Nasreen Sultana, Tanzima Ali Rupa, Manjulika Chakma, Nazma Akhtar, Jubaira Baki, kazi Tuhina Akhtar, Roslin Penheiro, Savina Ekram Shiraji, Jahan Ara Abedin, Nadira Begam, Manjulika Chakma were also present in the discussion. |