Bangladesh Handloom Board

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Bangladesh Handloom Board
Formation1978
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Chairman
Md. Mahmud Hossain
Website www.bhb.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Handloom Board is a government owned and operated statutory public sector organisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] As of 2023, Md. Mahmud Hossain, Additional Secretary is the Chairman of the board. [2]

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. [1] It oversees the work of 1.5 million individual handloom workers in Bangladesh. [3] It works for the preservation of classical Bangladesh weaving techniques of Benaras Palli, jamdani, and muslin. [4] [5]

In 1981 it established a professional training institute for the use of handloom, in Narsingdi. [6] In 2013, the Bangladesh Handloom Board Act was passed which made minor amendments to how often the board should meet. [7]

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