Dhaka: Expressing her firm hope that the lost glory of jute will return with the present government’s various steps, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the conspiracies to destroy the ‘golden fiber’ will not work anymore.

‘I think the conspiracies hatched to destroy the jute sector won’t work anymore,’ she said while addressing a prgoramme marking the National Jute Day 2017 held at the auditorium of the Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the city.

The Jute Day was observed in the country on 6 March.

The Prime Minister said her government has taken various steps so that the lost glory of jute could be restored.

‘The fate of country’s people, including farmers and workers, are related to it. So, we’re giving due importance to it. The golden days of jute will make a comeback.’

Hasina said like the export potentials of RMG and ICT sectors, there is also a bright scope for boosting jute production and also its exports through diversified production of jute goods.

Chaired by Textiles and Jute Minister Mohammad Emaj Uddin Pramanik, the function was addressed, among others, by Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, State Minister for the Textiles and Jute Ministry Mirza Azam, Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman on the Ministry Saber Hossain Chowdhury.