The 8th National SME Products Fair 2020 began in the capital on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 9-day fair at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at 11:15am.
SME Foundation organised the fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).
The fair will remain open for all from 10am to 8pm. There will be no entry fee.
A total of 296 SME entrepreneurs will showcase their products at 309 stalls. Of them, 195 women and 101 men will showcase their products like jute goods, agriculture, food and leather products, electronics and electrical items.
Five seminars on the promotion of SME entrepreneurs and SME products will be organised during the fair.
The titles of the seminars at the fair are ‘Light Engineering Product Year 2020’, ‘Participation of SME Women Entrepreneurs in Export: Challenges and Potentialities’, ‘Role of SMEs in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh,’ ‘Expansion of SME Product Marketing through Using Online Platform,’ and ‘Digital Finance for SMEs’.