Weavers

Textiles and Jute Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin spoke at a workshop organised by the Bangladesh Handloom Board at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center in Dhaka on 26 February. Photo: Jahir Rayhan
Bangladesh

Duty-free raw materials for weavers misused: Textiles adviser

While the government introduced duty benefits to reduce material costs, intermediaries have exploited the system for personal gain, he says

Baya weaver is the most common of all three weavers in Bangladesh. Photo: Muntasir Akash
Earth

What lies ahead for the Baya Weavers of Sinduria?

Workers at the Abul Kalam Jamdani Weaving Factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj, are passing a busy time weaving sarees ahead of Eid. This photo was taken on Sunday (31 March). Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
In Focus

Jamdani weavers in full swing for Eid festivities

A woman displays a shawl at a shop in the Nirban Nagar Buddhist Temple market, located at the foot of a hill near Kaptai Lake in the Balukhali union of Rangamati Sadar. The owners of all 50 shops in the market are indigenous women who sell self-made clothes and various other items collected from different remote villages. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Economy

Rangamati ethnic minority women weave change on waist looms

Improving lives of weavers essential to sustain Jamdani industry: Experts
Bangladesh

Improving lives of weavers essential to sustain Jamdani industry: Experts

Sheikh Hasina Tantpalli: A mega plan to revive weaving industry
Economy

Sheikh Hasina Tantpalli: A mega plan to revive weaving industry

Lungi makers enjoy sales bonanza, weavers left in the lurch
Bazaar

Lungi makers enjoy sales bonanza, weavers left in the lurch