Desk Report:
State Minister for Textiles and Jute Md. Shariful Alam said, “We are taking initiatives to increase the use of jute products everywhere, starting from the workplace. We are working to increase the use of jute bags in various activities of the Ministry of Disaster Management, Agriculture, Food and Commerce. There is so much diversity of jute products spread all over Bangladesh, which I witnessed at this fair.”
The State Minister said these things during an exchange of views after visiting the Jute and Multipurpose Jute Products Fair 2026 organized by the ministry at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
In response to a question from a journalist, the State Minister said, “The government’s plan is to support and encourage entrepreneurs, especially in the rural economy, through which they will play a supporting role in employment and the economy. The tradition of golden fibers has been retained by the rural people of the country. We will take steps to solve the problems that exist to take it forward.”
At that time, Secretary of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute Bilkis Jahan Rimi, Managing Director of the Jute Diversification and Promotion Center Md. Zahid Hossain and other concerned persons were present.
Earlier, the State Minister for Textiles and Jute inspected the stalls of the fair and praised the products and assured the government’s support in resolving the problems of entrepreneurs.
It is worth noting that on the occasion of National Jute Day 2026, the Ministry of Textiles and Jute organized the Multipurpose Jute Products Fair 2026 at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. A total of 72 stalls have been set up at the fair, most of the stalls are made by trained entrepreneurs of the JDPC under the Ministry of Textiles and Jute. This fair will continue until March 14.
