প্রকাশ: 06/03/2022
The National Jute Day-2022 is being observed on Sunday
throughout the country with a view to making jute goods popular among the
people.
This year's theme of the day is 'Golden country of olden
fibre - Environment-friendly Bangladesh'.
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 for facilitating long-term development of jute
sector, including cultivation of jute and protection of jute.
Entrepreneurs are now producing 282 types of jute goods, he
said and laid emphasis on production of more environment-friendly jute items
along with taking steps for branding those products abroad.
Abdul Hamid hoped that the use of environment-friendly jute
products would accelerate flourishing of the industry, which would ensure fair
price of jute for jute farmers and thus the country's economy would be
benefitted.
In her message Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said 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.
The premier said enactment of the Jute Act-2017 and National
Jute Policy - 2018 have been playing an important role for the overall
development of the jute sector.
"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 developed-prosperous country by 2041 and I believe that jute
and jute goods would be one of the main means in achieving that goal," she
added.
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