Lost glory of jute to be regained: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visiting a stall after formal opening of fair of jute goods marking the National Jute Day at the Krishibid Institution in the city on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visiting a stall after formal opening of fair of jute goods marking the National Jute Day at the Krishibid Institution in the city on Thursday.
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UNB, Dhaka :
Expressing her firm hope that the lost glory of jute will return with the present government’s various steps, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the conspiracies to destroy the ‘golden fiber’ will not work anymore.
“I think the conspiracies hatched to destroy the jute sector won’t work anymore,” she said while addressing a prgoramme marking the National Jute Day-2017 held at the auditorium of the
Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the city. The Jute Day was observed in the country on March 6. The Prime Minister said her government has taken various steps so that the lost glory of jute could be restored. “The fate of country’s people, including farmers and workers, are related to it. So, we’re giving due importance to it. The golden days of jute will make a comeback.” Hasina said like the export potentials of RMG and ICT sectors, there is also a bright scope for boosting jute production and also its exports through diversified jute products.
Opportunities are there to boost the diversified use of jute through conducting researches, Hasina said adding Bangladesh has also invented polytene from jute which would not pollute environment as it will get mixed with soil.
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