{
  "id": 926300,
  "title": "Gender disparity rising in SME finance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/gender-disparity-rising-in-sme-finance",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
    "slug": "dhaka-tribune-business",
    "url": "https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/banks/417380/gender-disparity-rising-in-sme-finance"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite dedicated refinance schemes, policy incentives, and priority guidelines, women-led enterprises in Bangladesh continue to face severe credit rationing. According to Bangladesh Bank’s latest report on Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) financing, female entrepreneurs secured only 7.28% ($1.8 billion /Tk21,700 crore equivalent) of total outstanding CMSME loans as... Details",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}