Handloom business

Raha Nobo Kumar, director of the Gandhi Ashram Trust, under which the handloom factory was established, grimly checks fabrics produced in the factory. The factory, once buzzing with the whir of handloom machines, is now on the brink of collapse. Photo: TBS
Economy

Covid cripples Noakhali’s lone handloom factory

The annual turnover of the handloom factory under Sonaimuri’s Gandhi Ashram Trust was Tk6 lakh last year, which was Tk50 lakh in the pre-pandemic period

File Photo: Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury/UNB
Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s heritage handloom unique for aesthetic beauty: Speaker

​​​​​​​Pandemic leaves Kumarkhali handloom industry in tatters
Economy

​​​​​​​Pandemic leaves Kumarkhali handloom industry in tatters

About 100 Tangail-based loom owners had to shut down their businesses after failing to cope with a rapidly falling demand for shawls. Photo: TBS
Industry

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