The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Thursday recommended making the closed state-owned jute mills functional through modernisation with local and foreign financing.

The government is determined to revive jute sector by modernising state-owned mills, said Mohammad Abul Kalam, NDC, additional secretary of Ministry of Textiles and Jute.

Chief Coordinator of Ganasanghati Andolan Zonayed Saki on Wednesday said that the workers of state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will not accept its closure as it is an arrangement to "loot the state wealth and smuggling them abroad".

A total of 159 eminent citizens on Tuesday demanded immediate reversal of the decision to close down all the mills under the state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC)in the face of unremitting losses.

BNP on Monday described the government’s decision to shut down state-owned jute mills sending around 25,000 workers into early retirement through 'golden handshake' as an anti-people one.

The operations of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore regions started partially on Sunday morning after one month following the coronavirus outbreak.

Fifty four workers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna, Jashore and Rajshahi fell sick on Thursday as their fast-unto-death rolled into the fifth day.

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore continued their fast-unto-death for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore continued their fast-unto-death for the second consecutive day on Monday.