Tangail sari recognised as GI of Bangladesh, gazette today

Tangail sari has been recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh and a gazette notification in this regard will be published today (Thursday), reports UNB.

Zakia Sultana, senior secretary of the Ministry of Industries, confirmed this to UNB on Wednesday.

She said the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) under the Industries Ministry recognised Tangail Saree as a GI product of Bangladesh.

Earlier on Tuesday, the district administration applied to get the GI rights of the Tangail Saree, a long-held tradition of Bangladesh. Tangail Deputy Commissioner Kaisaru Islam made this application to the DPDT.

On February 3, a news item was published that the Tangail Saree was not Bangladesh's, but India's.