BSS, Rajshahi :
The industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Rajshahi has created job opportunities for 1,505 people in various trades in the last 2019-2020 fiscal year that showing the progress of 114 percent.
The people got the jobs in various fields like enterprise development, skill development and training, industry ownership transfer and establishment of new industries.
Employment for around 6,500 people is expected to be generated in the next five years, said Jafor Bayazid, deputy general manager of BSCIC.
He said 197 people were imparted entrepreneurship and skill development training, while 380 others trained on computer, food processing, cutting and sewing, mobile phone repairing, electrical and house wearing and motor driving.
Meanwhile, the Rajshahi BSCIC has been manufacturing various personal protective gears including disinfectants to fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jafor Bayazid said 76 industrial estates across the country have been producing a wide range of essential medicines and medical supplies, including disinfectant hand sanitizer since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.
