Close-up of braided jute fibers - Abhishek Mehta/Getty Images Jute and burlap aren't quite the same thing, but it's not surprising that many people think otherwise — the terms are often used ...

Bangladesh can earn billion dollar from the domestic market by ensuring proper use of jute geo-textile (JGT) in preventing soil, river and embankment erosion and landslide in hilly areas instead of ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In her doctoral thesis, Syrén investigated how jute can be modified through microwave treatment and ...

The production of jute textiles has fallen significantly over the past two years due to a drop in exports and the government's failure to strictly impose the mandatory packaging law that led to ...

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With the National Jute Board strongly recommending the use of geo-textile for road construction, the R6,500-crore Indian jute industry could hope for a revival. The application of jute for protection ...

Textiles ministry steps in to curb speculation and stabilise supply as volatility worries farmers traders and mills despite ...

No evident progress has been seen in the last couple of years to finish constructing the Sheikh Hasina Specialized Jute Textile Mill, according to various sources. The project is built under the ...

The Centre has tightened raw jute stock limits for traders, balers and mills after prices rose sharply above MSP, citing ...

In the dim light of a century-old mill, dozens of men work in silence, their sweat-darkened undershirts clinging to taut, weary backs. Hulking metal machinery clatters and thrums, coughing up fibrous ...