“The present government has been working to regain the lost glory of jute through transforming Bangladesh as a country of ‘golden fiber’,” said the State Minister while addressing a function marking the distribution of 70 jute-made briefcases to the Cabinet Division, said a Ministry press release.Mirza Azam handed over these briefcases to Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam at the Cabinet Division today. Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute M Foyjur Rahman Chowdhury, Additional Secretary Rina Parvin were present, among others, on the occasion. Azam said following directives from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a permanent exhibition and sales center featuring some 235 jute products has been set up at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center (JDPC) to highlight jute in the global market.Besides, a project has already been undertaken to produce ‘golden bag’ from jute as a substitute to polythene. Apart from this, work has begun to produce drinks from tea leaves, set up jute-based composite textiles and jute garments industry.Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) has also taken a project to set up a plant for producing valuable viscose from jute which is an essential element for the textiles industry.These golden colour jute-made briefcases will replace the leather-made black colour briefcases for sending necessary documents including agenda of the Cabinet meeting to the Ministers and State Ministers.
