Bangladesh can earn billion dollar from the domestic market by ensuring proper use of jute geo-textile (JGT) in preventing soil, river and embankment erosion and landslide in hilly areas instead of ...

Jute mills in West Bengal have slashed production after raw jute prices crossed ₹1.10 lakh per tonne amid shortages and ...

The production of jute textiles has fallen significantly over the past two years due to a drop in exports and the government's failure to strictly impose the mandatory packaging law that led to ...

The International Jute Study Group (IJSG) has suggested that Bangladesh government should use jute geo-textile with concrete in construction of roads and highways in order to enhance jute usage.

No evident progress has been seen in the last couple of years to finish constructing the Sheikh Hasina Specialized Jute Textile Mill, according to various sources. The project is built under the ...

The Indian Road Congress has accepted jute as geo-textile for using in building of roads which could be a major boost to the West Bengal's jute industry that employs lakhs of workers. (Image: IE) The ...

Dhaka, Mar 7 (bdnews24.com) – Initiatives have been taken to reopen all the closed jute mills, the jute and textiles minister have told parliament. "Some of the closed jute mills have already been ...

The Union Textile Ministry is considering policy intervention, both long-term and short- term, to address the issues impeding the growth of the jute industry upon which the economy of West Bengal is ...

KOLKATA: In a significant development the Union textile ministry has proposed to bring raw jute and jute textiles out of the purview of the Essential Commodities Act. KOLKATA: In a significant ...

Earlier this year, designers Wei Hung Chen and Raiheth Rawla took a field trip to Queens. They were there to visit the Noguchi Museum and see firsthand how, in Chen’s own words, Isamu Noguchi’s ...

With the National Jute Board strongly recommending the use of geo-textile for road construction, the R6,500-crore Indian jute industry could hope for a revival. The application of jute for protection ...