MFI-bank loan syndication needed for SME growth

Lack of access to credit is the main problem facing SMEs that provide over 87 per cent of total industrial employment in Bangladesh, according to speakers addressing a seminar organised by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

Tough days ahead - World Bank report

Growth is likely to accelerate throughout the South Asia region and Bangladesh in 2003, up to an average of 5.4 per cent, assuming a return to trend foragricultural production, a recovery in external demand, continued improvement in political stab

IslamicDevelopment bank to finance SMEs

A business promotion delegation of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to finance projects in Bangladesh's high potential but cash-strapped small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector.