Jute and Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui told the House on Monday that Taka 3,700 crore was earned in the first six months of the current fiscal year by exporting raw and finished jutes. "We are hopeful that export earnings from the raw and finished jutes would exceed Taka 5,000 crore this fiscal year," he said while replying to questions of the treasury bench members.
Jute and Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui today hit out at Speaker Abdul Hamid for his remark likening the parliament to a ‘fish market’ for hustle and bustle in the House. “If it is a fish market, who is the wholesaler then?” he shot a question taking the floor after question-answer session with Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali in the chair.
Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui yesterday said his ministry would consider positively for reopening the Adamjee Jute Mills to regain the jute industry.
There are no war criminals in Bangladesh, but there are liberation war criminals of course, said textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui on Wednesday.
