With seed sowing process of jute nearing completion in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region, cultivation of the crop is going on in full swing. This season, a target of producing over 6.77 ...

Raw jute production in Bangladesh has declined by nearly 10 percent year-on-year, mainly due to punishing heat during the planting period in March and April. Heatwaves were recorded on at least 23 ...

Neelam Shami Rao, Secretary, Textiles, on Wednesday reviewed the status of jute cultivation and preparedness for the ongoing crop season and emphasised the need for ensuring the timely availability of ...

Although the present government is committed to bringing back the glory of jute, once called the ‘Golden Fibre of Bangladesh’, the pledge has not turned into a reality as jute cultivation is declining ...

Textiles Secretary reviews jute cultivation status, seed availability, Jute-ICARE scheme, and MoU for North Eastern Region ...

JAGATSINGHPUR: Jute cultivation has dropped by 80 per cent in the district over the last seven years, thanks to distress sale, loss coupled with lack of marketing linkages which have sent farmers away ...

Farmers in the Tarai-Madhes region are gradually losing interest in cultivation of jute, which was once the major cash crop of the region. Especially, jute cultivation was widely done in Sunsari, ...

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid said jute production has increased by 3.3 million bales in the last decade due to the jute-friendly policy of the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

For 2012-13 crop year, the National Jute Board has voiced its concern that production of jute in the country is expected to decline by 12% to 90 lakh bales. This decline in production can be ...