City Desk :
“The National Textiles Day-2023” observed in the country today with the theme ‘Smart Textile-e Sommriddho Desh- Bangabandhu er Bangladesh’.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day, reports BSS.
In his message, President Shahabuddin said, “The textiles sector is playing an important role in rural poverty alleviation, women empowerment, employment generation and foreign currency earning.”
The present government formulated ‘Textile Policy 2017’, ‘Textile Law 2018’ and ‘Textile Industry (Registration and One-stop Service Centre) Regulations, 2021’, the head of the state said.
The President said the history of textile industry in Bangladesh is very old and glorious.
Dhakai Muslin and Jamdani, Tangail’s Weaving, Cumilla’s Khadi, Rajshahi’s Silk and Mirpur’s Benaroshi are deeply rooted in history, tradition and culture, he added.
