Summon to create more women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh

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State Minister for Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak has called for creating more new women entrepreneurs in the country.

In a speech at the seminar titled 'Women's Economic Participation and Empowerment of Women ensure women and e-commerceā€¯ can ensure women and e-commerce in the start-up project meeting of the ICT Tower of Agargaon on Tuesday.'

Presided over by Women E-Commerce President Nasima Akter Nishra, among others, the speech was addressed by Bangladesh Hi-tech Authority's Managing Director Hosne Ara Begum and Sumaiya Tech's Proprietor Ripa Jahan.

Junaid Ahmed Palak said that in order to build a knowledge-rich society and digital Bangladesh, the IT department has taken initiatives to set up the Startup Bangladesh Limited Company, Innovation Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy, and to develop innovative culture in the country.

Palak said that women entrepreneurs are being created through the implementation of the Learning Earnings project to create equal opportunities for men and women.

He said the project is being implemented to provide uninterrupted internet services to remote areas of the country to eliminate digital discrimination. To this end, she urged private organizations to come forward as well as the government to make women entrepreneurs nationwide.