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The first tannery in what is now Bangladesh was set up at Narayanganj sometime in the 1940s by the businessman Ranada Prasad Saha. The tannery was later shifted to Hazaribagh area in Dhaka. In 1965, there were 30 tanneries in Dhaka. After the independence of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Government acquired all 30 tanneries.
Dungaree fabric (used in English since 1605–15, from the Marathi dongrī) is a historical term for an Indian coarse thick calico [1] cloth. The word is possibly derived from Dongri , a dockside village near Mumbai . [ 2 ]
By 2006, the government of Bangladesh had shares in 78 percent of jute mills in Bangladesh, owning 29 mills completely. [9] In 2010, the Government of Bangladesh made it mandatory for wholesale manufacturers and sellers to pack rice, sugar, wheat, and fertilisers in jute bags. This requirement was expanded to include animal feed in 2018. [10]
Bangladesh's export trade is now dominated by the ready-made garments (RMG) industry. In 2012 Bangladesh's garment exports – mainly to the US and Europe – made up nearly 80% of the country's export income. [29] By 2014 the RMG industry represented 81.13 percent of Bangladesh's total export. [30]
The largest Opanak in the world, in the Guinness World Book since 2006, is the 3.2m shoe, size 450, weighing 222 kg, made by opančar Slavko Strugarević, from Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. [ 8 ] Regional varieties
The government of Bangladesh founded the Department of Women Affairs on 18 February 1972. [3] The department is under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. [4] The center founded a national helpline to prevent violence against women. [5] National Trauma Counselling Centre is located at the headquarters of the building. [6]
Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory: Industrials Defense Gazipur City: 1979 Defense vehicles S A Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation: Oil & gas Exploration & production Dhaka: 1976 State-owned petrochemical S A Bangladesh Pratidin: Consumer services Publishing Dhaka: 2010 Newspaper P A Bangladesh Railway: Industrials Railroads Dhaka: 1862 Railroads S A
At the end of the year 2004–2005, Bangladesh Railway had a total of 1,406 coaches. Among them, 1,344 were for conveyance of passengers and 62 were for luggage, mails, parcels and departmental uses. Bangladesh Railway also had 10,236 wagons among which, 7,310 are covered, 1,115 are open and 1,811 are specialized types. [1]