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The much-cherished Sonali Bag scheme, which aims to make polymer containers from jute, will continue despite the closure of 25 state-run jute and non-jute mills on the first day of the current month.

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and the UK's Futamura Chemical Company yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the commercial production of Sonali Bag -- a jute-made, ...