<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday&nbsp; said the freelancers who are working in different online workplaces will get their identity cards shortly.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides, PayPal, the world's most popular online money transfer service, will be launched in a very short time so that freelancers can enjoy hassle-free money transfers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said this while addressing a day-long 'Smart Employment Fair' at Zilla Parishad Auditorium in Bagerhat on Friday afternoon as chief guest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said that work has already started to provide loans and financial assistance from banks for freelancers. Successful entrepreneurs will be given loans starting from Tk 50,000 to Tk 5 crore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, training centers on information technology and freelancing are being set up in each upazila. Thousands of skilled freelancers will emerge from these institutions every year. As a result, they will become self-reliant and will be able to create employment for others, the junior minister added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, a lawmaker from Bagerhat-2 Constituency, inaugurated the fair.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the chair of Deputy Commissioner of Bagerhat Mohammad Azizur Rahman,&nbsp; Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-4 Constituency Advocate Amirul Alam Milan, Rafiqun Nabi, Superintendent of Police KM Ariful Haque spoke on the occasion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thirty-four organisations have set up their stalls at the fair, expecting to hire hundreds of people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thousands of job aspirants participated in the fair and registered.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The state minister handed over 50,000 taka checks each to 40 entrepreneurs and twenty laptops to 20 freelancers. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24//kh</div>