Hi-Tech parks to create enormous opportunities for youths

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad said the government is building hi-tech parks with an aim to dig out enormous opportunities for youth entrepreneurs.

He was addressing at the opening of a month-long women entrepreneurs fair at Shahi Eidgah playground organized by Sylhet Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Sylhet city on Monday.

“Hi-Tech Park, Software Technology Park, and IT training and incubation center are establishing in the country aiming to create endless opportunities for the youth entrepreneurs,” the minister said.

Information technology, software technology, biotechnology, renewable energy, green technology, IT hardware, IT-enabled services, and R&D, etc. are major areas of investment in the Hi-Tech industry in Bangladesh, he mentioned.

Along with male workers, the minister said a large number of women of the country are working in different foreign countries and playing a major role in the economy.

Minister Imran Ahmad also said, the government has developed various training facilities for women in the country. Even the Technical Training Center (TTC) is being established by the government in every Upazila of the country.