The government has undertaken a plan for running and modernisation of eight closed textile mills under the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) on joint venture with local and foreign entrepreneurs. Textiles and Jute Minister Muhammad Imazuddin Pramanik informed this in the House yesterday while replying to a scripted query raised by treasury bench member Md Tazul Islam (Comilla-9). The textile mills are: Ahmed Bawani Textile Mills, Demra, Dhaka, Dinajpur Textiles Mills, Sadarpur, Dinajpur, Dost Textiles Mills, Ranirhat, Feni, Tangail Textile Mills, Tangail, Darwani Textile Mills, Nilphamari, RR Textile Mills, Sitakundu, Chittagong, Quaderia Textile Mills, Tongi, Gazipur and Chittaranjan Cotton Mills, Godnail, Narayanganj. Imazuddin Pramanik also said that six BTMC-run mills are now operational on the basis of service charge, while steps are being taken to operate the remaining mills under the same system. He said the government is going to frame the Textile Industry Law, 2015 for smooth management of all activities related to the textile industry side by side with taking various measures for modernization of the textile industry. He also said that projects have been undertaken to establish textile vocational institutes, diploma institutes and BSC textile engineering colleges to create skilled manpower in the textile industry.
