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Vol. 5 Num 490 Tue. October 11, 2005  
   
Business


Asian women entrepreneurs' Eid festival begins


The six-day 'Asian Women Entrepreneurs Eid Festival 2005' began yesterday at Gulshan National Shooting Federation in the capital.

Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Choudhury inaugurated the festival.

Products of women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Indonesia are being exhibited at 57 stalls. The Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) and Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka jointly organised the festival.

Jamdani saree, Tangail silk and cotton saree, ornaments, handicrafts, panjabi, salowar, kamij, shoes and herbal cosmetics are available in the festival.

Barkat Ullah Bulu, commerce ministry adviser, Veena Sikri, Indian high commissioner, Alamgir Basher Khan, Pakistani high commissioner, Mir Nasir Hossain, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), and Nasreen Awal Mintoo, WEAB president, among others, were present at the inauguration.