The diploma engineers who are interested to become small and medium entrepreneurs will be entitled to the refinance fund of Tk100 crore Bangladesh Bank decided to form for development of new entrepreneurs.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman made the announcement yesterday at the Entrepreneurship Development Workshop arranged by Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) in Dhaka. Recently, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) took a project of developing 2,000 new entrepreneurs while Bangladesh Bank supporting with the refinance fund.
The IDEB project that aims to make 1,000 new entrepreneurs within the year 2015 will be also entitled to get finance from the fund, said the governor.
The DCCI and Bangladesh Bank are working to find out future entrepreneurs throughout the country. This project has created hype across the country and DCCI gets huge response especially from the young people.
“We formed some refinance fund for entrepreneurs with policy support. There is a refinance fund of Tk600 crore. New entrepreneurs could take loan up to Tk50 lakh from the fund. Under the refinance fund of SME sector, 15% has been dedicated for the women,” Atiur said.
BB has another refinance fund of Tk200 crore for agricultural products and green banking, he said.
