The handicrafts have also been contributing to reducing poverty, she added

Around 61 entrepreneurs of the respective fields will attend the fair

The industries minister says the demand for tasteful and high quality products has increased in urban as well as rural areas on the back of an increase in people’s purchasing power

Many women at Pachkupi village in Bogura have become self-reliant by making baskets, caps, tablemats and toys with fibres of the palmyra palm tree

Clothing from this market have been exported to Europe and South Asian countries like India, Nepal and Bhutan for several years