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JUTE-DAY-TOMORROW
National Jute Day tomorrow
DHAKA, March 5, 2020 (BSS) – The National Jute Day-2020 will be observed tomorrow for the fourth time throughout the country amid enthusiasm with a view to making jute goods popular among the people.
On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages greeting the people involved with the jute sector.
In their messages, they hoped that jute will play a positive role in the economic development of the country as well as protection of the environment once its multiple usages are ensured.
President Hamid, in his message, said the government has taken various initiatives, including modernization of the state-owned jute mills, to bring back the glorious past of the jute sector.
“The Mandatory Jute Packaging Act 2010 and the Mandatory Jute Packaging Rule 2013 have been implemented to increase the domestic demand for jute,” the president said, adding that the Jute Act-2017 has also been enacted in this regard.
Instead of artificial polythene, he also mentioned that the initiative has been taken to make the environment-friendly ‘Golden Bag’ from jute which is also perishable.
Abdul Hamid hoped that the use of environment-friendly jute products would accelerate flourishing of the industry.
The Mandatory Jute Packaging Act-2010 and the other rules regarding this are already playing a positive role for protecting the environment and the public interest, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message.
The premier said that the jute production in the country has increased by enacting the Jute Act-2017.
“As a result, the interest of all stakeholders of the jute sector has been ensured,” she added.
“The present government has been working relentlessly to improve the living standard of the common people. Our goal is to establish Bangladesh as a middle-income country by 2021 and the developed and prosperous one by 2041,” she said.
Ahead of the Mujib Year, the prime minister hoped the Ministry of Textiles and Jute can contribute more to the country through environment-friendly jute and jute-goods.
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