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Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Saturday said the government is working to revive the jute sector as per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The government has a plan to organise a conference of jute farmers at the end of the year in the presence of the premier, he said while addressing a view exchange meeting with the stakeholders of the jute sector organised by the Department of Jute at the Shishu Academy auditorium, reports BSS.
Jute farmers, mill owners, businessmen and other stakeholders related to the jute sector joined the meeting.
Nanak said the Prime Minister has put special emphasis on jute and jute-made products. It was included in Awami League's election manifesto also with utmost sincerity, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is giving different directives to take all-out steps for multipurpose uses of jute, he added.
He said the government wants to be self-dependent on producing jute seeds.
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Mohammad Nazrul Islam Hiru, MP, Dr Anowarul Ashraf Khan Dilip, MP, Farida Yesmin, MP, secretary of jute ministry Md Abdur Rouf, DG of Department of Jute Zinat Ara, police super Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman and Awami League Narsingdi district unit president GM Taleb Hossain, among others, addressed the meeting with deputy commissioner Dr Badiul Alam in the chair.
Later, the minister inaugurated a three-day-long jute fair and Narsingdi Municipality Park.