DHAKA, Sept 15, 2024 (BSS) - Textiles and Jute Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain today sought cooperation from all concerned to introduce jute bags across the country.

“An initiative will have to be taken to ensure widespread use of environment-friendly jute packaging as per the Jute Packaging Act, 2010,” he added.

The adviser said this at a views exchange meeting on ‘Environment-Friendly Jute Sector and Overcoming the Problems of the Jute Industry’, organized by the Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) at the conference room of its Motijheel office.

Environmental, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and BJMA chairman Md Abul Hossain, among others, spoke at the meeting.

Textiles and Jute secretary Md Abdur Rouf, BJMA vice chairman Rabiul Ahsan and secretary general Abdul Barik Khan were, among others, present at the meeting, said a press release.

Sakhawat Hossain said everyone’s cooperation is needed for the expansion of jute products.

In her speech Rizwana said the jute sector is crucial for the protection of the country’s environment. Urgent measures should be taken to address the crisis of the jute industry, she said laying stress on the need for public-private partnerships to revive the potential jute sector.