Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Friday (13 December) said the holiday market is a new idea in the country and launching holiday market similar to the developed world would motivate entrepreneurs and consumers.
He also said that there is a potential to encourage the entrepreneurs of the SME sector as many entrepreneurs have stepped into the SME sector and the quality of their products is also very good.
The Commerce Minister said these while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the “DNCC Oikkyo Holiday Market” at the ICT Road at Agargaon in Dhaka.
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched it as a pilot project to sell the products of the SME sector.
Mentioning that the contributions of the SME sector are still 25 percent, Tipu said that such percentage should be increased to 50 percent to make an impact on the entire market of the country.
Citing that most of the entrepreneurs of the SME sector are female, he said that the womenfolk should be given more scope to contribute to the holiday market.
The Commerce Minister said the entrepreneurs of the SME sector have opened up a new door of potential. In order to ensure economic emancipation, there is a need to develop further this SME sector, he added.
He also called upon all to play their due role from their respective positions to make the operations of the holiday market successful
Tipu said such an environment should be created so entrepreneurs and consumers become more interested in holiday market.
The holiday market will feature leather goods, jute-made goods, handicrafts, fashion and lifestyle products, home decor products, organic agricultural products, and agricultural products of the CHT region.
Presided over by DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam, CEO of DNCC Md Selim Reza, DMP additional commissioner Mir Rezaul Alam and DNCC 28 number ward councillor Haji Md Forkan Hossain, among others, spoke on the occasion.
