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State-owned jute mills reopening, modernisation demanded
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:11pm on January 04, 2021
Pat-Suta O Bastrakol Sramik Karmachari Sangram Parishad on Monday urged the government to reopen the state-owned jute mills by modernising them, take an aggressive policy...
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Govt framing jute rules
Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:01am on December 28, 2020
The government is going to frame jute rules to facilitate the enforcement and implementation of the Jute Act-2017 nearly four years after enactment of the...
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Parliamentary committee wants reopening jute mills
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:10am on December 25, 2020
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Thursday recommended making the closed state-owned jute mills functional through modernisation with local and...
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Ministry forms body to assess pvt sector proposals to reopen closed jute mills
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:02am on December 24, 2020
The textiles and jute ministry has formed a nine-member committee to assess the proposals to be received from the private sector to reopen the laid-off...
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Anti-dumping duty on jute goods hits exports to India: Tipu
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:37pm on December 22, 2020
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi on Tuesday said that the imposition of anti-dumping duty on jute goods had adversely affected Bangladesh’s exports to India as the...
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Looting causes loss in Bangladesh jute, sugar industries: academics
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:57pm on December 21, 2020
Academics and rights activists on Monday said that the state-owned jute and sugar industries faced losses and ruin as they fell in grip of plunderers...
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Jute goods diversification brings little yields in Bangladesh
Shakhawat Hossain | Updated at 11:52pm on November 23, 2020
The government has taken many steps to increase the use of jute goods and diversified jute-based products but those yielded little success. Jute and textile...
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Ajax Jute Mills authorities demand eviction of grabbers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:51pm on October 28, 2020
Authorities of Ajax Jute Mills Limited on Wednesday demanded eviction of illegal occupiers from the former state-owned mill premises immediately. Mohammad Kawsar Zaman Babla, chairman...
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Marches in all jute industrial areas on Nov 18
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:18am on October 17, 2020
Pat-Suta, Bastrakal Sramik-Karmachari Sangram Parishad will hold marches in all jute industrial areas across the country on November 18 to press home its demand for...
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LDA demands reopening of jute mills
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:19am on October 07, 2020
Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Tuesday called on the government to reopen the 25 state-owned jute mills. LDA leaders held a rally in front of...