Textiles and Jute Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin addressed a workshop at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center at Tejgaon in the capital today. Photo : PID

DHAKA, Feb 26, 2025 (BSS) -Textiles and Jute Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin today said that some profit-mongers hampered the normal pace of country's handloom industry misusing the government facilities given to this industry for its development.

"The government has made arrangements to import some materials with duty concessions to develop the weaving industry but some people have misused it. Some miscreants have unfortunately fulfilled their lust here in search of profit," he said.

The adviser said these while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on 'Reform and development of the conventional methods of supplying yarn, dyes and chemicals to weavers at fair prices' organized by the Bangladesh Handloom Board (BHB) under the National Integrity Strategy at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center (JDPC) in capital's Tejgaon.

Bashir Uddin said the sincere cooperation of the government for the development of the weaving industry has been misused by some miscreants in this sector. 

As a result, not only the government has been deprived of customs benefits, the weavers have also been deprived of its benefits, he added.

He said, if any proposal comes from this workshop that would benefit the weavers, the government will consider it.

He said, "The government is providing products to 63 lakh people at subsidized prices through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). This will be gradually increased to one crore. We will think about including the marginal weavers of the country in this process."

Textiles And Jute Secretary Md Abdur Rauf presided over the programme while BHB Chairman (Additional Secretary) Abu Ahmed Siddique, Textiles and Jute Ministry Additional Secretary Arifur Rahman Khan and Chairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) Brigadier General S M Zahid Hassan were present, among others, on the occasion.

Representatives of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), handloom entrepreneurs and handloom' associations of various districts were also present.