Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

The SME Foundation, with support from the Local Government Division, Swisscontact, and Inovision Consulting, organised the roundtable where representatives from the MSME sector, banks, policymakers, and development agencies deliberated on ways to bridge the gap between policy and implementation in SME financing. Photo: Courtesy

Despite supportive policy, SME growth stifled by loan access hurdles: Experts

Infographic: TBS

SME production boost effort through common facility centres stalled for lack of funds

File photo of National Board of Revenue Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem. Photo: Collected

Big players pushing SMEs out of market: NBR chairman

SMEs struggle to navigate political turbulence

SMEs struggle to navigate political turbulence

The number of company liquidations in the country has increased each year since the pandemic broke out in 2020, with 317 facing liquidation in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. Photo: Mumit M

SMEs suffer as economic woes linger

Existing policies in Bangladesh to support SMEs are insufficient, poorly formulated, and lack harmonisation. Photo: TBS

5 common facility centres to be set up to boost SME sector

SME Foundation Chairperson Professor Md Masudur Rahman. illustration: TBS

SMEs’ contribution to GDP expected to hit 35% by 2030

SMEs want change in definition so large peers can't get their benefits

SMEs want change in definition so large peers can't get their benefits

Small businesses see quick turnaround

Small businesses see quick turnaround

E-database for SMEs on the card

E-database for SMEs on the card

Infograph: TBS

Entrepreneurs upbeat over SME fair in November

CMSME to get Tk200 crore at 4% interest to offset Covid-19 losses

CMSME to get Tk200 crore at 4% interest to offset Covid-19 losses

Dr Momtaz Uddin Ahmed. Illustration: TBS

Policy making for SMEs in Bangladesh