The meeting held at the District Shilpokola Academy auditorium in Rangpur on Saturday. Photo : BSS

RANGPUR, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS) - Youth and Sports Secretary Md Mahbub-ul-Alam has said that if entrepreneurs acquire skills and enthusiasm, they can become successful even with limited resources.

"Honesty and effort are the keys to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Youth should not just run after jobs but should establish themselves as self-employed people by utilizing their youthful energy and creative knowledge," he said.

The Secretary said this at a views-exchange meeting held with the district's youth organizers, trainees and self-employed people at the District Shilpokola Academy auditorium in the city on Saturday as the chief guest.

The Rangpur District Administration and the Department of Youth Development (DYD) jointly organized the meeting.

Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Rabiul Faisal presided over the meeting, while DYD Director General Dr Gazi Md Saifuzzaman, Director (Administration) MA Akher, and Deputy Director for Rangpur DYD Md Abdul Faruk addressed the event as special guests.

The chief guest said one should become an entrepreneur by utilizing the knowledge gained through training. There is no alternative to hard work to become a successful entrepreneur.

Regarding business obstacles, he said obstacles will come, but those obstacles must be faced by applying intelligence and strategies.

He called on the unemployed youth to contribute to the development of the country by taking training from the DYD and creating opportunities for self-employment and employment of others.

Dr Gazi Md Saifuzzaman said that the department has taken various projects to provide employment to unemployed youth. "So that they can develop themselves as entrepreneurs through training, the DYD has increased the amount of entrepreneurial loans," he said. 

The DYD has taken a project of Taka 543 crore to provide training to the July fighters and martyred family members of the 2024 Mass Uprising, he noted. 

Government officials, representatives of youth organizations, trainees and self-employed workers were present at the event.