State Minister forInformation Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak has called for creating more newwomen entrepreneurs in the country.

In a speech at the seminar titled \'Women\'s Economic Participation and Empowerment of Women ensurewomen and e-commerce” can ensure women and e-commerce in the start-up projectmeeting of the ICT Tower of Agargaon on Tuesday.\'

Presided over by WomenE-Commerce President Nasima Akter Nishra, among others, the speech wasaddressed by Bangladesh Hi-tech Authority\'s Managing Director Hosne Ara Begumand Sumaiya Tech\'s Proprietor Ripa Jahan.

Junaid Ahmed Palak saidthat in order to build a knowledge-rich society and digital Bangladesh, the IT department has taken initiatives to set up the Startup Bangladesh LimitedCompany, Innovation Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy, and to developinnovative culture in the country.

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

He said the project isbeing implemented to provide uninterrupted internet services to remote areas ofthe country to eliminate digital discrimination. To this end, she urged privateorganizations to come forward as well as the government to make womenentrepreneurs nationwide.