Repurposing jute sacks into chic African tote bags is a brilliant way to promote sustainability while embracing the cultural ...

Plastic bags, particularly single-use plastics, have become a major cause for environmental pollution in Bangladesh. The use of jute sacks to package 19 commodities remains a far cry 13 years past ...

Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute, a ...

the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) launched a pilot project to market Sonali bags. While the former government recognized its potential, it could not fully commercialize the product or ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said that jute bags would be provided to the public as an alternative to ...

Jute shopping bags will be distributed at subsidised rates to the public as an alternative to polythene bags, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate ...

The Indian government is defending a law from 1987 that mandates sugar mills to package at least 20% of their output in jute ...

"The total benefit impact from the current price revision in sacking bags to mills is estimated ... He had also said this year's sale of jute products is expected to cross Rs 14,000 crore.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said jute bags would be provided to the public as an alternative to polythene shopping bags under a government initiative that includes subsidised ...