Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated the newly constructed 12-storey Joyeeta Tower in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
She unveiled the inauguration plaque of Joyeeta Tower, Jamdani Gallery and Joyeeta Market Place installed in Joyeeta Tower.
She also unveiled a book titled "Contribution of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Economic Empowerment of Women" at the inauguration ceremony, organized by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
According to ministry sources, Joyeeta Tower was constructed with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities.
This will help ensure women's economic empowerment by involving the country's women entrepreneurs in various business ventures under the Joyeeta brand.
Joyeeta Tower has the facilities for marketing various types of processed products, supply chains and services produced by women entrepreneurs of the country with universal accessibility.
In this building, there are physical infrastructural facilities for training women entrepreneurs based on knowledge, skills, business management and development strategies.
There are ample car parking facilities and a spacious lobby.
Besides, it will house the headquarters of the Joyeeta Foundation.
The building has a child daycare centre, design centre, beauty parlour, gymnasium for women, swimming pool for women and children, multipurpose hall, seminar hall, bank, food court and cafe. The E-Joyeeta online marketplace has also been launched.
Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation of the tower on December 1, 2021.
It was built at a cost of Tk168.4 crore on one bigha of land at Road 27 (Old) of Dhanmondi.
She also inaugurated the Joyeeta Foundation program on November 16, 2011 with the aim of economic empowerment of women in Bangladesh.
In the meantime, the government has allotted one bigha of land to each division of the country at a token price for the foundation.
Joyeeta seeks to build a women-friendly separate marketing network across the country by launching its activities in every district and upazila.
