Formation | 1978 |
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Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Chairman | Md. Mahmud Hossain |
Website | www |
The Bangladesh Handloom Board is a government owned and operated statutory public sector organisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] As of 2023, Md. Mahmud Hossain, Additional Secretary is the Chairman of the board.[2]
The Bangladesh Handloom Board was established in January 1978 by the government of Bangladesh. It is managed by the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.[1] It oversees the work of 1.5 million individual handloom workers in Bangladesh.[3] It works for the preservation of classical Bangladesh weaving techniques of Benaras Palli, jamdani, and muslin.[4][5]
In 1981 it established a professional training institute for the use of handloom, in Narsingdi.[6] In 2013, the Bangladesh Handloom Board Act was passed which made minor amendments to how often the board should meet.[7]