Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid today said jute production has risen 33 lakh bales in the last 10 years due to jute-friendly policy taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government.
"In 2015, the country annual jute production was 51 lakh bales. But in 2022-2023 fiscal, jutie production was around 84 lakh bales. Of them, around 43 lakh bales jute and jute goods were exported making around 8,000 crore export earnings," he said.
The agriculture minister was addressing a seminar on success and potentials of genome centre in jute research at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) at Manik Miah Avenue in the capital this afternoon.
Bangladesh has gained the recognition of its four
new products as Geographical Indication (GI) products.
So far, Bangladesh has got the ownership of a total of 28 GI products, said
press release today.
The four new products are Haribhanga Mango of Rangpur, Agar of Moulvibazar,
Agar Atar of Moulvibazar, and Monda (Sweetmeat) of Muktagacha.
The Cabinet today gave final approval to the draft of Village Court (amendment) Act, 2024 enhancing the authority of village courts to fine Taka 3 lakh, raising the amount from existing Taka 75 thousand.
The approval came from the weekly Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister Office here.
Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain briefed reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat this afternoon.
Hossain said the government gave the final approval to the draft act last year. There is an obligation to take approval from the new Cabinet as it was not tabled in the last parliament, he said, adding now the current Cabinet gave the final approval.
NEW DELHl: Indian President Droupadi Murmu today acclaimed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for being one of the longest serving women leaders globally and forming the government for an unprecedented 5th term.
"All the women in South Asia should be proud of her (Sheikh Hasina) capability and leadership," she said when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud called on her at Rashtrapati Bhaban today, Bangladesh foreign ministry statement said.
The India President expressed happiness on the existing excellent relationship between Bangladesh and India and said India attaches high importance to the relations with Bangladesh.