BSS, Rajshahi :
Speakers at a discussion here mentioned boosting production of local yarn can help revitalising the silk sector to regain its lost legacy alongside meeting up the existing local demands.
Local consumption could be met up through domestic outputs after the best uses of the existing natural resources and there is no doubt in this regard.
They came up with the observation while addressing a view-sharing meeting with executives and officials of Bangladesh Silk Development Board (BSDB) at Circuit House on Thursday evening.
Secretary to Textile and Jute Ministry Mijanur Rahman and Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi Division Anwar Hossain addressed the meeting as the chief and special guests respectively with BSDB Director General Abdul Hakim in the chair.
BSDB Members Syeda Zebinnissa Sultana, Nasima Khatun and Abdul Mannan and Director of Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute Monsur Ali also spoke on the occasion.
Chief Guest Mijanur Rahman says Bangladesh’s silk industry is one of the oldest in the world, with farmers in the region producing some of the most sought-after silk yarns. He said importance should be given on providing necessary support and inputs like disinfectant eggs, high yielding mulberry plants, technical support and soft loan for construction of rearing house along with ensuring sound marketing facilities to the rearers.
Mr Rahman said sericulture, a labor- intensive agro- based industry, is ideally suited to the socio-economic condition of the country and the sector cover both agriculture and industry.
Referring to various positive aspects of the sector he also said promotion and expansion of sericulture throughout the country could contribute a lot to eradicate the acute poverty of the hardcore people of the rural Bangladesh.
Speakers at a discussion here mentioned boosting production of local yarn can help revitalising the silk sector to regain its lost legacy alongside meeting up the existing local demands.
Local consumption could be met up through domestic outputs after the best uses of the existing natural resources and there is no doubt in this regard.
They came up with the observation while addressing a view-sharing meeting with executives and officials of Bangladesh Silk Development Board (BSDB) at Circuit House on Thursday evening.
Secretary to Textile and Jute Ministry Mijanur Rahman and Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi Division Anwar Hossain addressed the meeting as the chief and special guests respectively with BSDB Director General Abdul Hakim in the chair.
BSDB Members Syeda Zebinnissa Sultana, Nasima Khatun and Abdul Mannan and Director of Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute Monsur Ali also spoke on the occasion.
Chief Guest Mijanur Rahman says Bangladesh’s silk industry is one of the oldest in the world, with farmers in the region producing some of the most sought-after silk yarns. He said importance should be given on providing necessary support and inputs like disinfectant eggs, high yielding mulberry plants, technical support and soft loan for construction of rearing house along with ensuring sound marketing facilities to the rearers.
Mr Rahman said sericulture, a labor- intensive agro- based industry, is ideally suited to the socio-economic condition of the country and the sector cover both agriculture and industry.
Referring to various positive aspects of the sector he also said promotion and expansion of sericulture throughout the country could contribute a lot to eradicate the acute poverty of the hardcore people of the rural Bangladesh.
