Hundreds of handloom factories including Jamdani, Katan and Benarashi in the district are facing set back due to high price of yarn and dye and smuggling of Indian fabrics in the local market. Local entrepreneurs said a group of dishonest yarn and dye traders are making the yarn and dye market unstable with an ulterior motive for earning more money by creating crisis of yarn and dye.
This has forced a large number of handloom factory owners to close down their factories. As a result, about one lakh weavers and Full Article on The Bangladesh Today
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