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 ...

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 ...

Bangladeshi researchers have successfully decoded the jute plant genome opening up a new vista in the development of variety of the world's most adorned biodegradable natural fibre. Experts said this ...

Jute growers of 15 villages in two upazilas of Lalmonirhat are delighted after having the facility of using newly mechanised 'fibre extraction machine' to thresh their jute plants and produce quality ...

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 ...

Jute fibre is the world's principal material in manufacturing coarse textile for conversion into sacking and canvas. It enters also into the production of upholstery, rugs, carpets and roofing fabrics ...

After bags and clothes, it?s now the turn of the road. As the first commercial venture of its kind in the state, a 3.5-km road connecting Baguiati with Rajarhat, was laid with jute fibre. The stretch, ...

Given the restrictions imposed on jute yarn and jute fibre imports from Bangladesh, Jute Shippers Council has urged the Centre to include Cochin Port besides Nhava Sheva in the list of permitted ports ...

From Calcutta there go each year to New York and Boston 68 great vessels bearing cargoes of jute fibre and burlap cloths, raw materials for carpets, rugs, bagging, sacking, scrims, tarpaulins. Homely ...