Encouraging a Comeback

From shoes to handbags and accessories, from carpets to bed sheets and wind chimes, everything made of jute were on display at a fair in the Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh earlier this month to mark the National Jute Day on March 6. To mark the occasion, even adjacent areas of the Institute were decorated with jute and jute-made products. The government is trying to increase the popularity of jute-made products. “The golden days of jute will make a comeback,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said at a programme of the fair.    

Photo: Palash Khan