Hi-Tech parks to create opportunities for youth entrepreneurs: Imran

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Monday said the government is building hi-tech parks with an aim to dig out enormous opportunities for youth entrepreneurs.

“Hi-Tech park, software Technology Park and IT training and incubation center are establishing in the country aiming to create endless opportunities for the youth entrepreneurs,” he said while addressing at the opening of a
month-long women entrepreneurs fair at Shahi Eidgah playground in Sylhet city.

Information technology, Software Technology, Bio-Technology, Renewable Energy, Green Technology, IT Hardware, IT Enabled Services and R&D etc. are major areas of investment in the Hi-Tech industry in Bangladesh.

Along with male workers, the minister said a large number of women of the country are working in different foreign countries and playing a major role in the economy.

Sylhet Women’s Chamber of Commerce organised the programme.

The government has developed various training facilities for the women in the country. Even the Technical Training Center (TTC) is being established by the government in every upazila of the country.

(BSS)