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SANGSAD BHABAN, July 15, 2026 (BSS) - Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said the government has undertaken a series of projects to increase domestic yarn and handloom textile production and protect the country’s textile sector through infrastructure development, skills enhancement and public-private investment.

He said this while replying to a written tabled question from treasury bench member Khairul Kabir Khokon (Narsingdi-1) in the Jatiya Sangsad.

The minister said, “The Bangladesh Handloom Board has undertaken a number of projects to increase domestic yarn and handloom textile production. Under the second phase of the project titled ‘Revival of Muslin Yarn Technology and Muslin Fabric, the Golden Heritage of Bangladesh’, domestic yarn production is increasing through yarn spinning, improvement of the Phuti Karpas cotton variety and its cultivation.”

He said the government is also planning to implement two new projects titled “Establishment of a Khadi Village for the Development and Expansion of Cumilla’s Khadi Industry” and “Establishment of a Nakshi Palli for the Development and Expansion of Jamalpur’s Nakshi Industry.”

“Both projects have been included in the Green Page of the unapproved project list for the fiscal year 2026-27. Once implemented, they will contribute to increasing the country’s textile production,” he added.

Highlighting efforts to revive state-owned textile mills, the minister said, “To ensure local and foreign investment under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework, initiatives have been taken to operate 15 of BTMC’s 25 state-owned textile mills through PPP.”

He said four mills have already been handed over to selected private partners, while production has started at two of them.

“Besides, agreements have been signed and handover completed for operating two mills under lease arrangements, while the process of bringing the remaining mills under the PPP framework is continuing,” he added.

The minister also said that 10 of the 22 planned industrial plots at the proposed Textile Village on the premises of BTMC-controlled Chittaranjan Cotton Mills in Narayanganj have already been allocated.
 
“The buyer institutions have already established textile industries on the allotted plots and started export-oriented operations,” he said.

On protecting the domestic yarn and textile sector, Muktadir said several projects are being implemented under the Bangladesh Handloom Board.

These include the second revised project for establishing five training centres at five basic centres, one Fashion Design Institute and two Market Promotion Centres, the Jamdani Village project, the Bangladesh Handloom Board Complex at Mirpur in Dhaka, and the second phase of the Muslin Yarn Technology and Muslin Fabric Revival Project, aimed at strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of the country’s traditional textile industry.