Most women entrepreneurs repay loans: Tipu

UNB, Dhaka :
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Sunday, he is confident that bank loans given to women entrepreneurs are repaid in 99 per cent of cases.
“They don’t run away with the money like the others, at least,” he said.
The commerce minister said this while speaking as the chief guest at an event on the occasion of International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and the 5th founding anniversary of Women Entrepreneurs Network for Development Association (WEND) at Gulshan Shooting Club Auditorium on Saturday (November 19) night.
Tipu said, “We should support our women entrepreneurs. The path for women will not be easy. But they must go forward with courage.”
“We will take initiative to ensure market access for women entrepreneurs,” Munshi said. Jasim Uddin, President of FBCCI, said that women entrepreneurs face obstacles in getting loans.