JUTE fibre, long celebrated as the 鈥榞olden fibre鈥� of Bangladesh, is composed primarily of cellulose, approximately sixty-four per cent, alongside lignin, hemicellulose and other natural substances. The cellulosic microfibrils that make up most of the fibre...
Faridpur, the heartland of jute cultivation in the middle of Bangladesh, is reaffirming its status as the nation鈥檚 jute capital with a robust harvest this season.
Textiles, jute and commerce ministries adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has urged the entrepreneurs to give priority to aesthetics and practical utility in order to create opportunities for jute products to enter domestic and international markets...
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said the government will begin distributing eco-friendly jute bags at subsidised rates to reduce the country鈥檚 dependence on polythene.
The government has formed a 16-member inter-ministerial committee, headed by the principal secretary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office, for reviewing the possible measures for enhancing the export competitiveness of four sectors namely leather and leather goods, jute-made goods, agricultural and agri-processed goods and pharmaceuticals sectors...
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday urged the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to support Bangladesh for bringing back the golden past of jute...
Once known as the golden hub of jute cultivation, Khulna is now witnessing a steady decline in jute farming as farmers lose interest due to persistent losses and the closure of local jute mills.
Indonesian ambassador to Bangladesh Arif Suyoko has said that his country is interested in importing jute and jute goods from Bangladesh...
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said jute bags would be provided to the public as an alternative to polythene shopping bags under a government initiative that includes subsidised distribution....
The government is taking initiatives to make jute bags more accessible and affordable on the market, said commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday...
A five-day 鈥楳ultipurpose Jute Product Fair-2025鈥� kicked off on Thursday marking the National Jute Day. The jute fair, organized by the Department of Jute at Jute Diversification Promotion Centre (JDPC) at Monipuri Para in the city, will continue till March 10, said a press release of the Jute Ministry...
Textiles and jute adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Wednesday said that some profit-mongers hampered the normal pace of country鈥檚 handloom industry misusing the government facilities given to this industry for its development...
The Bangladesh Bank has eased loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters for the next two years.
Government is to lease out the closed jute mills to private sector to pave the way for reopening those, said adviser to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday...
Textiles and jute adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin聽on Wednesday said that initiatives had been taken to diversify jute products while the聽problems surrounding the jute sector would be resolved very soon...
FOUR state-run corporations having counted Tk 282.38 billion in losses in 28 years is a glaring example of inefficiency and mismanagement. The mismanagement in two corporations, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation and the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation, resulted in the closure of 31 mills during the third tenure, 2019鈥�2024, of the...
CORR-The Jute Works on Thursday held Fair Trade Thanksgiving and Packing Opening Ceremony 2025 at its office at Gulshan in the capital Dhaka, said a press release...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan has recently inspected the jute seed production activities in Chapainawabganj of Rajshahi region...
The Jatiya Sramik Karmachari Sangram Parishad on Sunday called for the reopening of 26 closed state-owned jute mills and other mills after modernisation.
Leaders of different labour rights organisations on Friday urged the government to reopen 26 nationalised jute mills and nine sugar mills closed during the fascist Awami League regime.
Sheikh Bashir Uddin, adviser to the Ministries of Textiles, Jute, and Commerce, has urged stakeholders to brace for challenges following Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from least developed country status...
Jute and textile adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday urged South Korea to come up with investments in jute and textile sectors, as its...
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said that an initiative would be taken to ensure widespread use of environment-friendly jute packaging through the proper implementation of the Jute Packaging Act, 2010...
Adviser for jute and textile and shipping ministries Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday called the Pakistani investors to come forward for investing in Bangladesh state-owned textiles and jute mills...
A businessman on Saturday sought government鈥檚 intervention in evicting illegal grabbers and reopening Ajax Jute Mills Limited in Khulna.
Textile and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Thursday told Jatiya Sangsad that Bangladesh government earned about Tk 10,454 crore by exporting jute from 2013-13 to 2022-23 financial years.....
Textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Tuesday requested India to lift anti-dumping duty on jute products...
South Korean ambassador Park Young-sik has聽expressed his country鈥檚 keen interest to invest in the jute and leather聽sectors of Bangladesh for mutual benefits of both the countries...
Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said that the government would form a jute council for the development of the jute industries and the jute sector....
Workers who lost their jobs after the government shut down state-owned Rajshahi Jute Mills in 2020 staged demonstrations on Sunday demanding immediate reopening of the jute mills under the state-management...
