Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed called upon the female entrepreneurs to be more information technology (IT) friendly to build a digital Bangladesh.
“Now the pledge to build a digital Bangladesh is not a dream, it is a reality. Women would have to be more IT friendly for their further empowerment,” he said this on Wednesday while speaking as chief guest at a function in the city to award successful female entrepreneurs.
The BWCCI-Grameen Phone Progressive Award -2015 giving ceremony and inauguration of a web portal took place at KIB Auditorium at Krishibid Institute at Farmgate.
Presided over by Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) President Selima Ahmed, the function was also addressed by Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Abdul Matlub Ahmed, Grameen Phone Chief Corporate Officer Mahmud Hossain and BWCCI Vice-President Hasina Newaj.
The commerce minister said Prime minister sheikh Hasina earned global acclaim for empowering women in the country.
Representation of women in parliament would increase to 33 percent by 2021, Tofail Ahmed said, adding that the participation of women in all important positions in society is increasing.
He said social and economic empowerment of women is higher in Bangladesh than in India and other developing countries.
Seven successful female entrepreneurs and two media personnel were awarded with crests and citations at the function.
