A leading local company today fetched a Taka 4.2 crore on the spot export order of traditional clothing- Jamani and Tangail sarees- on the third day of a 16-day International Jamdani Taant Bastra fair began here on Thursday.
Bangladesh Weavers Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) organized the fair on the premises of Siddeshwari Girls School on Baily Road.
The fair is aimed at regaining the lost glory of the traditional products at home and abroad.
Sanjit Pramanik, a West-Bengal based company will import 100,000 lakh pieces of Tangail sarees and 10,000 pieces of Jamdani sarees from Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory, which is taking part in the fair.
An agreement to this effect was signed between Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory and Sanjit Pramanik at a city hotel here.
Proprietor of Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory M Salauddin and proprietor of Sanjit Pramanik signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.
Talking to BSS, M Salauddin, also senior vice-president of BWPMBA, said the main objective of the fair is to know about customers' choice and attitude so that the quality of the Jamdani clothing could be improved.
He put forward a set of recommendations to the government to propel the growth of the sector including arrangement of working capital for weavers, establishing a organized marketing system, setting up a 'Taani Palli' in Dhaka and introduction of modern fashion and design.
A good number of traditional clothing including Jamdani saree, lungi, handloom products, 3-piece, 2-pieces are being displayed in 60 stalls of the fair.
The fair would remain open for all from 10am to 8pm and continue till the day before the Eid day, fair organizers said.
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