Jute farmers begin harvest with wind out of their sails after BJMC’s shuttering

Farmers are set to start harvesting jute by the end of this month and for the first time since Bangladesh's independence, none of the natural fibre will be bought by the world's largest state-owned jute goods maker and exporter, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC). The government completely shuttered 22 jute and three non-jute mills under the BJMC from July 1 and will