Women Entrepreneurs
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BRAC Bank Wins an ADB Women-in-Business Award. The More Important Number Is Who Gets Capital
ADB has named BRAC Bank its 2026 Women in Business Champion, recognising the bank’s TARA proposition and women-entrepreneur financing ecosystem. Awards are useful—but gender-inclusive banking ultimately has to be measured in customers, credit, business growth and women’s ownership.
Women Hold Nearly Half of Agent-Banking Accounts. They Own Barely One in Nine Agents
Women’s participation in Bangladesh’s agent-banking system is growing rapidly: female-owned agents increased sharply over the last year, and women hold almost half of deposit accounts. But ownership remains far below Bangladesh Bank’s 50% target.
Sajeda Built a 2,500-Duck Farm and Now Earns Around Tk50,000 a Month. Rural Women Need More Routes Like Hers
Women in Rangpur, Chuadanga and Rajshahi are turning duck farming into income through livestock knowledge, small investments and NGO or government support. Their progress shows the potential of rural enterprise—but also why training, vaccines, finance and markets must grow with the flock.
Nazneen Ahmed’s First Weeks at CPD Put Stability, Jobs and Women’s Access to Finance on the Same Agenda
Newly appointed CPD Executive Director Nazneen Ahmed is warning that Bangladesh’s apparent economic stability remains fragile. In fresh policy interventions, she is linking investment, employment and banking reform with a second problem: financial systems that still underserve women and new entrepreneurs.
Joyee 2.0 Targets the Gap Between Running a Business and Being ‘Loan-Ready’
Eastern Bank and Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center are putting 40 women entrepreneurs through six months of financial management, mentorship and loan-readiness support. The important measure will be what happens after training: finance obtained, businesses formalised and revenue grown.
Bangladeshi Women Founders Have Two Days Left to Compete for Tara’s Circle’s €100,000 Award Pool
Tara’s Circle 2026 is open worldwide to women founders and co-founders leading seed-stage or MVP-stage impact ventures. Fifteen projects will share €100,000 across health, technology, sustainability, social innovation and creative industries. Applications close 17 September at 12:00 CEST.
Women Entrepreneurs in Chattogram Get a Route Into Alibaba’s Global Marketplace. Listing Products Is Only the Beginning
Chittagong Women Chamber and Springfield Corporation, Alibaba.com’s Bangladesh channel partner, have signed an agreement to connect women entrepreneurs with international buyers and digital-export tools. The opportunity is real—but exporting requires logistics, compliance, pricing and buyer trust beyond simply opening an online account.
Paisano Marma Started With Tk500. Four Months Later, Her Food Business Had Sold More Than Tk10,000
Indigenous women in Khagrachhari are moving from irregular day labour into small businesses through training, market links and storage facilities. Paisano Marma’s Tk500 start shows why the crucial ingredient is not training alone—it is giving women somewhere to sell afterwards.
Bangladesh’s Women Have Saved Seeds for Generations. Could Orange Bonds Help Them Build Businesses?
More than 3,000 Bangladeshi women farmers have established community seed enterprises and seed banks through IRRI-supported programmes, but many remain too small to scale. A new analysis asks whether gender-focused Orange Bond financing could help women-led seed businesses access the working capital they need.
Deadline Tomorrow: BRAC University Programme Offers Women Entrepreneurs Training and Seed-Money Opportunity
Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs have until August 31 to apply for Venture Maestras — Udyomi Ami, a BRAC University programme offering business training, mentoring, an industry visit and a boot camp, with seed-money opportunities of up to Tk100,000 for top participants.
In Jashore, Small Livelihood Grants Put Economic Tools Directly in Women’s Hands
A local support programme in Jashore has provided sewing machines to economically disadvantaged women from ethnic-minority communities, while women entrepreneurs received agricultural processing equipment and students gained scholarships and bicycles—small interventions aimed at expanding both income and education opportunities.
Bangladeshi Women Founders Have Hours Left to Apply for a Nine-Week Regional Leadership Programme
SHELeads is accepting women entrepreneurs from South and Southeast Asia—including eligible founders in Bangladesh—for a virtual programme covering leadership, fundraising, investment readiness and peer learning. Applications close on August 30.
New Women Entrepreneurs Association Leadership Plans Expansion Beyond Bangladesh’s Major Cities
Newly elected WEA president Yasmeen Ahmed says the organisation will focus on young entrepreneurs, skills, business networks and women-led businesses outside Bangladesh’s major urban centres.