Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- On Monday, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser on Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources, emphasized the urgent need to change consumer habits in favor of eco-friendly jute products to reduce the country's dependence on polythene bags.

"We must transition to sustainable, environment-friendly jute products and gradually cut down reliance on polythene bags," she said while inaugurating an exhibition titled "The Soul of Jute" at La Galerie of the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, where she attended as the chief guest.

The Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Travel Magazine VROMON and the Jute Diversification Promotion Center PLC (JDPC) under the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, Government of Bangladesh, jointly organised t...