Sericulture Board will be protected, says minister

RAJSHAHI, July 9: Textile and Jute Minister Imazuddin Pramanik at an exchange of view meeting with the officials and employees of Bangladesh Sericulture Development Board here Tuesday noon said the present government was not taking any decision against the interest of the labourers. He further informed, the Prime Minister has directed the concerned ministers to proceed with the development works aiming at the improvement of lot of the labourer classes.
The minister assured the officials and employees of the Board that the Sericulture Board will be saved from all sort of conspiracies at all costs and all problems of the board will be resolved in phases including reopening of the sericulture mills in Rajshahi.
 Presided over by Swapon Chandra Paul, Chairman of Rajshahi Sericulture Board, the meeting was attended, among others by Secretary of the Board Jahidul Islam, Chief Planning officer Mortuza Reza, Executive Engineer Lutfar Rahman Talukder and Senior Officer Dr. Saidur Rahman while Abdu Selim, President of CBA of Sericulture Development Board upheld the problems of Rajshahi Sericulture Mills and called upon the minister as well as the government to reopen the mills as soon as possible and be more sincere to resolve problems of the labourers.