Which city is known as the Jute Capital of the World? Discover why Kolkata earned this title, its historic jute industry, geographic advantages, industrial growth and interesting facts in this article ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Kolkata is famously known as the Jute Capital of the World due to its historic leadership in jute manufacturing and trade. Located near the fertile Ganges Delta, the city benefits from ideal ...

Bangladesh is one of the largest jute producers in the world. Now, an invention from the capital Dhaka could make the fiber indispensable: Namely, the creation of a biodegradable foil from jute ...

Jute, the golden fibre, was historically the great pride of Bangladesh. Then, due to several factors including increased use of artificial fibres and low jute prices farmers found less incentive to ...

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 ...

Dale Brosius , Contributing Writer, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) Driven by increasing environmental awareness, automakers in the 1990s made significant ...

It brought much-needed foreign income to the impoverished nation. But it lost its lustre in the 1980s after synthetic materials like polythene and plastics were introduced. Now the natural fibre has ...