Bangladesh Jute Mills corporation

Bangladesh Jute Mills corporation
Formation 1972
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website Bangladesh Jute Mills corporation

Bangladesh Jute Mills corporation or BJMC, is a public corporation that owns and manages all government jute mills in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka.[1]

History

The corporation was formed in 1972 when the government of Bangladesh nationalised all the Jute Mills in the country.[1] It manages Adamjee Jute Mills.[2] It is responsible for nine state run jute mills in Bangladesh.[3] It is a loss making concern of the company.[4] Team BJMC is a professional football team of the corporation.[5] In 2016 the government announced plans to upgrade the jute mills spending 340 million USD with Chinese assistance.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jute Industry". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Adamjee Jute Mill". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jute mills workers observe work abstention protesting fresh pay rule". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Silk Board for raising duty on imported item". thefinancialexpress-bd.com. The Financial Express Online Version. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "BJMC get their revenge". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Government to upgrade jute mills to boost production". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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