Prices of raw jute, once dubbed the "golden fibre" of Bangladesh, have increased by nearly 19 percent year-on-year as demand has outpaced supply following the government's ban on polythene bags.

Bangladesh's exports of jute and jute goods have been falling continuously as many buyers have switched to synthetic and regenerated cotton yarn due to high prices of the golden fibre in the domestic ...

Jute cultivation is making a strong comeback in Sariakandi upazila of Bogra, as farmers have expanded cultivation well beyond the official target this year, buoyed by bumper yields and favourable ...

Farmers in the Tarai-Madhes region are gradually losing interest in cultivation of jute, which was once the major cash crop of the region. Especially, jute cultivation was widely done in Sunsari, ...

Farmers in Faridpur, widely known as the country’s jute capital, are busy cultivating jute across vast tracts of land this season, raising hopes for a strong harvest and improved rural earnings from ...

Golden Fibre: The crop known as the Golden Fiber is Jute. Jute is a long, soft, and shiny natural fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is called the Golden Fiber because of its ...

The name Kdol Daun Teav in Battambang’s Ek Phnom district evokes memories of a once-thriving jute rice sack factory, a fixture in the Prek Norint commune for generations. The factory was shuttered in ...

JAGATSINGHPUR: Jute cultivation has dropped by 80 per cent in the district over the last seven years, thanks to distress sale, loss coupled with lack of marketing linkages which have sent farmers away ...

Reports from east Nepal, the main jute-growing belt in the country, say that the area under cultivation has been shrinking every year, despite a growing market for the finished product both in the ...