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Friday | November 06, 2026 | Dhaka

iDE BD hosts private sector meet in Dhaka

 Business Desk
 Published: 12:01 AM, 06 November 2026

iDE Bangladesh organized a private sector meet at Sheraton Dhaka, bringing together current and prospective private sector partners to showcase market-based innovations and explore opportunities for collaboration, investment and business growth.

The event featured 17 showcase stalls displaying products, prototypes, technologies and services from iDE Bangladesh’s private sector partners, including Grameen Danone Foods Limited, ATEC, CPIL, Abedin Equipment Limited, Bayer CropScience Limited Bangladesh, TMSS, SARPV, RFL, SafePad Bangladesh, Metal, East West University, ACI PLC, Lal Teer Seed Ltd, Rural Sun Power, NRBC Bank PLC and SMC. The showcase highlighted solutions across agriculture, WASH, renewable energy, nutrition and climate-smart sectors.

iDE Global CEO Reed Andrew Peterson gave a special address on iDE’s market-based approach and how businesses can reach underserved communities.

Drawing on his recent visit to Cox’s Bazar, he stressed that low-income communities are not just aid recipients, but also customers, producers and entrepreneurs.

He explained how iDE helps businesses tap into these markets through product adaptation, last-mile distribution networks and shared investment, creating opportunities for sustainable growth and advancing iDE’s goal of empowering 1 million entrepreneurs by 2035.

In his remarks, iDE Bangladesh Country Director Sameer Karki emphasized how private sector partners can address real community challenges through products and services that reach low-income and rural customers.

He also outlined opportunities for joint ventures, co-investment and product innovation under iDE Bangladesh’s Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Strategy, which supports iDE’s global goal.

The programme also featured speeches from private sector leaders, including Tajwar M Awal, Director, Lal Teer Seed; Toslim Uddin, Managing Director, SMC; Sukanto Das, Chief Operating Officer, RFL; Tahmid K. Chowdhury, Managing Director, SafePad Bangladesh; Dr. Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, Managing Director, NRBC Bank PLC; Rajaul Karim, Country Lead-Field Solutions & CropScience R&D, Bayer CropScience Limited; Taslim Uddin, Managing Director, SMC; Md. Sadid Jamil, Managing Director, TML, Md. Amir Hossain, Abedin Equipment Limited; and, Md. Nazmul Hasan, RSP, who shared perspectives on private sector engagement and market development.

Through this event, iDE Bangladesh reaffirmed its commitment to working with businesses to develop inclusive, commercially viable markets that expand access to sustainable solutions for underserved communities.