Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute, a ...

most of which are small and medium in size. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The mills cater to the local market for hessian, jute bags and cloths as well as ...

General manager of Small Industries ... Yellow Bag Organisation Krishnan Subramanian were the chief guests in the workshop. Palanivel, after highlighting the importance and uses of jute, trained ...

Actress Dame Judi Dench, fashion designer Savannah Miller and TV presenters Alex Polizzi and Monty Halls have each designed a sustainable jute bag ... The bags will cost £5 each, and £1 from every ...

Small shopkeepers and fast food retailer Subway are to levy a five pence charge for each plastic bag handed out. The Association of Convenience Stores – which represents more than 33,500 small ...

But many swore they would never set foot in a garment factory again. So Mr. Hossain used donor money to set up a business making jute and cotton bags.

The Centre has mandated the packaging of 100% of foodgrain and 20% of sugar in jute bags for 2018-19 but has ... of the order export consignments, small consumer packs of 10 kg and below for ...