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Dhaka jute fair opens as minister urges higher-value exports
File photo: Bangladeshi taka banknote specimens (2023); not the minister’s event. Photo: Mhk777 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Card display may resize or crop the image.
A six-day jute-products fair opened at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center in Tejgaon on 3 October 2026, BSS reported. Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said the government wants more locally grown jute processed into higher-value goods.
The fair runs until 8 October, from 10am to 8pm. A new JDPC Express outlet was also inaugurated. The minister highlighted packaging and blended fibres as possible routes to stronger export earnings.
File photo: Bangladeshi taka banknote specimens (2023); context image. Photo: Mhk777 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Card display may resize or crop the image.
