Bangladesh Bank organised a day-long SME loan fair in Bogra and handed over loan sanction letters to the local entrepreneurs.

Governor of the central bank Dr. Atiur Rahman inaugurated the fair on Friday at Central High School Ground in the district, according to a press release.At the fair, BRAC Bank handed over spot loans to three Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) entrepreneurs in ago-based light engineering product fair in Bogra.The enterprises are Harun Engineering Workshop, Bosak Engineering Workshop and Rimjhim Fashion.Deputy managing director of BRAC Bank Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, senior officials of different banks and local entrepreneurs were present at the function.The bank gives priority to lending in SMEs and it disbursed Tk 145 billion loans to 320,000 SME entrepreneurs in the country through its 421 SME units and 8,000 employees to bring SME sector under banking coverage.

News: Daily Sun/Bangladesh/ Apr-04-2011