Formation 1978 Region served Bangladesh | Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh Official language Bengali | |
Website Bangladesh Handloom Board | ||
The Bangladesh Handloom Board is a government owned and operated Statutory Public Sector Organisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Jashim Uddin Ahmed is the present chairman of the board.
History
The Bangladesh Handloom Board was established in January 1978 by the government of Bangladesh. It is managed by the Ministry of Textiles and Jute. It oversees the work of 1.5 million individual handloom workers in Bangladesh. It works for the preservation of classical Bangladesh weaving techniques of Benaras Palli, Jamdani, and Muslin.
In 1981 it established a professional training institute for the use of handloom, in Narsingdi. In 2013 the Bangladesh Handloom Board Act was passed which made minor amendents to how often the board should meet.
References
Bangladesh Handloom Board Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA