Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma spoke as the chief guest at an exchange meeting with women entrepreneurs at Rangamati Hill District Council auditorium today. Photo: PID

RANGAMATI, March 1, 2025 (BSS)-  Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma today urged the women of the region to be innovative entrepreneurs for making them self-reliant.

“To become good entrepreneur, you have to be innovative by changing the tradition of the existing products to attract the people,” he said this while exchanging views with the women entrepreneurs of the CHT areas at Rangamati Hill District Council auditorium.

Chairman of Rangamati Hill District Council Kajol Talukdar gave   address of welcome at the function while entrepreneur and wife of the adviser Nandita Chakma, Trisila, Sanjida and Monowara Begum addressed it. Chief Executive Officer of the Rangamati Zila Parishad Khandkar Rezaul Karim moderated the function.

“The women entrepreneurs would have to come forward to develop more and make the products sustainable,” the adviser said adding that if necessary, they would have to be trained on this issue. 

He also assured of financial assistance to the women entrepreneurs of the area and the government has taken initiative to construct three multi-storied building in three hill districts. 

“They would be able to use this space by setting up of computer online platform, facebook village, fantastic platform, entrepreneurs fair and ethnic community village to sell their products” , Supradip added.