Jute

Diversification brings hope to the golden fiber
Industry

Diversification brings hope to the golden fiber

Thanks to policy support, industry insiders hope that the sector will be able to export goods worth $5 billion - including more diversified jute products - within the next 5yrs

Vehicles carry raw jute to and from a market in Jashore. Amid lower production and increased demand, farmers are happy that they are getting higher prices of their produce, once termed the golden fibre of Bangladesh. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Farmers happy with jute price, millers concerned

File Photo: UNB
Economy

Govt will bring closed jute mills into production: Mannujan

‘Mill owners proposed duty on jute exports to deprive farmers’
Bazaar

‘Mill owners proposed duty on jute exports to deprive farmers’

Heavy machines at a state-owned jute mill in Khulna, which has been closed by a government order, are seen lying unprotected. Goods worth Tk2.72 lakh have already been stolen from two out of nine shut jute mills. Photo: TBS
Industry

Nine shut jute mills in Khulna at security risk

File Photo: UNB
Industry

Govt starts paying workers of closed jute mills

Workers of closed jute mills yet to receive dues
Industry

Workers of closed jute mills yet to receive dues

Floods impacted paddy and jute most
Bangladesh

Floods impacted paddy and jute most

Reviving export after the Covid-19 pandemic
Thoughts

Reviving export after the Covid-19 pandemic

Govt mulls capping raw jute export
Industry

Govt mulls capping raw jute export

File photo. Workers at Hasan Jute Mill in the Islampur Harigari area of Bogura city. Photo: TBS
Industry

Bogura jute goods raking in Tk300cr in export

Representational Photo: Collected
Court

Former BJMC official sent to jail over embezzling around Tk7.44cr

A farmer sits on a pile of jute in the sprawling outyard of a house in Bogura. The thought of losses, caused by severe flooding, has cast its shadow on his face. Floods in several phases have damaged jute worth Tk27 crore in several char areas of the Teesta and Brahmaputra basins in Rangpur and Bogura. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Hasibur Rahman Bilu
Bazaar

Floods damage 10,000 tonnes of jute in Rangpur, Bogura