Allocate special fund for small enterprises: experts
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Special allocation is needed for the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) in the upcoming budget to recover the losses induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, speakers said at a webinar. The women entrepreneurs related with fashion house faced severe losses during Eid and Pahela Baishakh in 2020 and 2021. So, they need special allocation to recover the losses, said Mantasha Ahmed, founder president of the Association of Fashion Designers of Bangladesh (AFDB).
She spoke at a pre-budget discussion on Addressing the challenges of CMSMEs in the informal sector-creating opportunities through digital transformation jointly organised by the SME Foundation and the AFDB today.