Summit of women entrepreneurs kicks off in Dhaka today

The first ever two-day International Women Entrepreneurs' Summit will begin in Dhaka today with the aim of encouraging businesswomen in Bangladesh.

Around 4,000 female entrepreneurs, professionals, corporate icons and policy makers from all over the world are expected to join the hybrid event either in-person or virtually.

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The Bangladesh-India Business Council (BIBC) will host the event with the support of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the capital.

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaker of parliament, will inaugurate the summit, where senior government officials and industry pioneers will also attend.

The announcement came at a joint press conference of the BIBC and BIDA, held yesterday at the BIDA office in Dhaka.

The organisers said this event will help connect women entrepreneurs in the country with those abroad.

Lokman Hossain Miah, executive chairman of BIDA, said this event will boost the confidence of women entrepreneurs and encourage them more.

Echoing the same, BIBC President Mantasha Ahmed said a strong network of women entrepreneurs – both domestic and foreign – will be created through the event."

Women entrepreneurs from a total of eight sectors, including agro and food processing, health, ICT and more, will also attend, the organisers say.

At least six women entrepreneurs from six countries, namely China, Japan, India, Greece, Malaysia and Maldives, have already come to Bangladesh to participate the event, they added.