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Govt will offer stimulus packages for jute product exports 

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Published: 17:03, 14 March 2024  
Govt will offer stimulus packages for jute product exports 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government will provide stimulus packages for the jute as an agricultural and export item.

The Prime Minister said this while opening six jute mills and “Diversified Jute Goods Fair-2024” on Thursday.

The Textiles and Jute Ministry organised the inaugural function at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) coinciding with the National Jute Day.

“We will offer stimulus packages for the jute as an agricultural and export item,” she said.

The Prime Minister asked for finding out newer jute products and their fresh overseas markets for enhanced export of the golden fibre to build a developed and prosperous "Sonar Bangladesh".

Sheikh Hasina asked all concerned to take proper care of the jute sector to ensure financial benefits for both the entrepreneurs and even the country.

The premier also called on the people getting leases of the jute mills to attract foreign investors in the sector and run the mills in collaboration.

She said: “You should keep an eye on the jute mills to make sure its proper operation”.

Describing the jute as the golden fibre, she said it will play an immense role in building a developed, prosperous Sonar Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty as envisioned by the Father of the Nation by 2041.

The Prime Minister said the demand for jute goods would never come to an end. “This golden fibre can keep an immense contribution to our economy,” she said.

In the wake of the climate change, the enormous scope emerged for jute products as these are the environment-friendly goods, she added.

Noting that the golden days of jute-made saree have come back now, Sheikh Hasina said she also attends the function wearing a saree made of jute fibre.
 

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