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ZOOMBANGLA DESK: Three organisations jointly launched the programme ‘Biniyog Briddhi (B-Briddhi)- Scaling Impact Enterprises of Bangladesh’ to increase impact investment in the country’s social business as well as environmental sectors.

The programme was launched recently through video conference by opening a new website amid coronavirus fear.

They organisations are-German-based financial consultancy firm-Roots of impact (RoI), Bangladesh’s business consultant firm LightCastle Partners (LCP), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Bangladesh (SDC).

Derek George, Deputy Director & Ameena Chowdhury, Programme Manager of SDC; Bjoern Struewer, founder and CEO & Maxime Chang, Programme Manager of RoI; and Bijon Islam, CEO of LCP, were present at their respective office during the video conference.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by entrepreneurs, investors, start-up accelerators and incubators.

The four-year programme is aimed at increasing capacities of impact investors and entrepreneurs for dealing with social business and environmental issues.

The entrepreneurs, who will play positive role in facing environmental problems as well as improving the condition of the backward people, will get financial assistance under the programme.

Initially applications will be accepted from impact entrepreneurs and accelerator programmes through the website—www.sie-b.org

Applicants have been requested to visit the website for detailed information.

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Md. Mahamudul Hasan, widely known as Hasan Major, is a career journalist with over two decades of professional experience across print, broadcast and digital media. He is the founding Editor of Zoombangla.com. He has previously worked for national English daily New Age, The Independent, The Bangladesh Observer, leading Bangla daily Prothom Alo and state-owned Bangladesh Betar. Hasan Major holds both graduate and postgraduate degrees in Communication and Journalism from the University of Chittagong.