High yield of jute fails to make farmers in Faridpur happy as they are facing huge trouble to rot and process raw jute in absence of adequate water in local water bodies (Beels), canals and ponds.

Jute, a natural fiber, is important in developing composite materials that have shown promise in domestic, automotive, and medical industries among others. Jute plants thrive best in grassy soil with ...

As the last rays of the sun bathed the countryside, I found myself resting on a wooden bench outside a tiny roadside tea stall. A farmer, in a colourful checked dhoti, was busy knotting up bundles of ...

Low-cost and lightweight but strong jute fibres are increasingly finding favour with composite makers for usage in automotive components. Major global automakers have started using jute fibre-based ...

WATCH: Jute has been processed in the same way for generations Jute, a vegetable fibre that can be spun into sackcloth, used to be the 'golden fibre' of Bangladesh. It brought much-needed foreign ...

Jute cultivation has increased in Kushtia this year. Many farmers are now cultivating jute to make up for paddy losses. Due to favourable weather conditions, jute production this season has been good, ...

The farmers in 10 districts under the division are now facing difficulties in processing harvested jute plants for lack of water in absence of adequate rainfall in the current monsoon. A number of ...