Month-long 14th International Women’s SME Expo-2024 will begin at the port city’s Railway Pologround today.

The women’s mega trade event will be held under the auspices of Chattogram Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with SME Foundation.

A total of 350 stalls, including 15 pavilions and information technology zones, have already been set up covering four lakh square feet of land area at the Railway Polograound.

There will be women zone, food court and zone for startups for small entrepreneurs.

This was disclosed by Abida Mostafa, senior vice-president of Chattogram Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a press conference at Engineer Abdul Khalek Auditorium of Chattogram Press Club on Friday.

CWCCI president Manowara Hakim Ali replied to the various questions of journalists.

Manowara Hakim Ali said that Bangabandhu’s daughter prime minister Sheikh Hasina wanted smart Bangladesh. ‘We are working towards that goal,’ she said.

Abida Mostafa said that with the aim of marketing the products of women entrepreneurs in the region, they organised a month-long Eid Bazaar in BAWA school grounds in last five years since 2002.

‘Since then, we have been organising the International Women SME Expo at the polo ground for 13 years. This fair has become the largest fair organised by women entrepreneurs in the country’, she added.

Entrepreneurs from Iran, India, China, Thailand, Pakistan have confirmed participation in the fair.

CWCCI vice-presidents Nishat Imran, Shamim Morshed, Seema Khatun, directors Ruhi Mostafa, Baby Hasan, Ludmila Farid, members Chowdhury Zubair Saki, Rekha Alam Chowdhury and Khaleda Akhtar Chowdhury, among others, were present in the press conference.

This time, the entry ticket of the expo is Tk 20 per person.

The fair will remain open for the visitors from 10:00am to 10:00 pm every day.