Mercantile Bank organises entrepreneurship development programme

Mercantile Bank PLC has organised the certificate awarding and closing ceremony of a month-long "Entrepreneurship Development Programme" under the "Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Program (SICIP)".

Financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), supervised by Bangladesh Bank, and initiated by the Ministry of Finance, the event was held today at the Technical Training Centre in Jalkuri, Narayanganj.

Husne Ara Shikha, executive director of Bangladesh Bank, attended the programme as chief guest, according to a press release.

Md Zahid Hossain, deputy managing director and chief business officer of Mercantile Bank PLC, presided over the ceremony.

Certificates, crests, and souvenirs were distributed among 25 trained entrepreneurs. The guests also visited an exhibition featuring various products made by the participants at the end of the event.

Md Nazrul Islam, programme director of SICIP and additional director of Bangladesh Bank; Md Ayub Ali, deputy programme director of SICIP and joint director; Farid Uddin Ahmed Bhuiyan, head of Mercantile Bank's Narayanganj branch; and Md Mostahidur Reza Chowdhury, head of SME division, among others, were also present.