President Mohammed Shahabuddin is set to inaugurate nine-day Jute and Multipurpose Jute Products Fair from today.

‘The President will inaugurate the fair at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises through online tomorrow,’ state minister for textiles and jute Md Shariful Alam told a briefing at his Bangladesh Secretariat office on Thursday. 

Organised by the Department of Jute at Jute Diversification Promotion Centre marking the National Jute Day, the 9-day jute fair would continue till March 1, he added.

The state minister invited all interested buyers of jute and jute products, entrepreneurs, businessmen, various individuals and relevant stakeholders to this fair on behalf of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.

He said that seven closed jute mills were being opened while the rest of others would be opened under private management subsequently.

The state minister said that the incumbent government’s goal was to turn the country into a modern, democratic, upper-middle income one with building a country of one trillion dollar economy by 2034.

Referring to the government’s electoral pledges, he said that eliminating unemployment and creating employment would be given priority.

‘Therefore, the government will work with a coordinated initiative to reopen the jute mills that were closed due to the mismanagement of the fascist government . . . Besides, long-term leasing activities still continue to privately launch the jute mills under the control of BJMC to create job opportunities and vibrant country’s economy,’ he mentioned.

The state minister said that a total of 7,200 people in nine mills out of the leased ones were working there and it would help play a very positive role in the country’s production and employment subsequently.