Bangladesh’s minister for textiles and jute, Muhammad Imaj Uddin Pramanik has called for making apparel sector more competitive to attain the goal of upgrading the country to a middle-income nation by 2021, according to an official statement.
He was speaking as the chief guest at 'Textile Engineers Convention 2015' organised by Association of Textile Engineers and Technologists in Dhaka.
The minister said the government is working relentlessly to develop Bangladesh as a middle-income country by 2021.
He urged the textiles engineers and technologists to work with more efficiency tostrengthen the apparel sector to attain this goal, the statement.
Parmanik said the government will set up more textile engineering colleges and textile institutes in the country soon.
