Every morning before work, Rima, a garment worker living on the outskirts of Dhaka, faces a painful dilemma: there is no safe place to leave her two-year-old daughter.

Last year, at the invitation of Shomaj o Poribesh Rokkha Shongothan, I met 26 entrepreneurs in Meherpur, 21 of whom were women.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Sabekunnahar Mitu, a young woman from Faridpur, had vague notions, but no concrete plans of becoming an entrepreneur. An unlikely event made her curious about eco-friendly handicrafts, and she now not only makes a good profit from her venture but also employs around 400 people in her locality.

Imagine a woman in Dhaka who has spent three years building a small textile business.

Across the three hill districts of Bandarban, Rangamati, and Khagrachhari, women are the visible driving force of local commerce

In Bangladesh, women entrepreneurs are rewriting the rules of economic empowerment.

Empowering women economically paves the way for inclusive and sustainable development.

Though the government allocates Tk 100 crore in the national budget every year for the development of women entrepreneurship, not a single penny of this money gets used as the entrepreneurs lack awareness on how to ensure optimum utilisation of the fund.

With proper support from the government, they can go a long way.

Keya Islam, who lives in Radhanagar village under Pabna sadar upazila, had started her hand embroidery business about a decade ago in order to help provide for her family.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ), known as Japanese economic zone, at Araihazar in Narayanganj.

SME loans to women entrepreneurs should be made easy to obtain

When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.