RAJSHAHI, May 16, 2024 (BSS) - A 15-day
long handicrafts and cottage goods
entrepreneur fair began here today (Thursday)
with the main thrust of expansion and
popularization of the handicraft goods.
 
A spectrum of locally-produced handicraft
goods, including leather products, jute-made
products, processed agricultural products,
electrical and electronic goods, clothes, design
and fashion wares and other products are
being displayed at the fair through 50 stalls.
 
Amra Uddyokta (We are Entrepreneurs)
organised the event titled "Summer cloth,
Handicrafts and Cottage Industries Product
Fair-2024"on the Green Plaza of Rajshahi City
Corporation (RCC).
 
City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton
inagurated the fair as the chief guest and
visited the stalls saying handicrafts signify the
true craftsmanship of the Bangladeshi
artisans.
 
Various artisan communities are scattered
throughout the country, communities
consisting of people who solely depend on
their crafts as a primary source of income.
 
Mayor Liton underscored the need for more
hosting of such a type of fair to protect the
handicraft goods from further diminishing.
 
He said more expansion of investment to the
sector is needed for bolstering the economic
condition of both urban and rural areas
together with freeing the society from the
vicious circle of poverty.
 
As the handicrafts sector is labour-intensive
so that its successful promotion could be an
effective means of boosting women
entrepreneurship, alleviating poverty, and
generating employment opportunities.
 
Explaining various aspects of handicrafts and
cottage industries towards the region's
economic development, Amra Uddyokta
President Momtaz Akter said the government
should undertake need-based initiatives,
including time-fitting training and
information technology for handicrafts
development.
 
She said it (the fair) has been organized in
order to increase the visibility of handicrafts
through preserving and encouraging the
practice of local artisans.