PM Hasina urges action on GI certificates for Bangladeshi products

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to take positive steps on the geographical indication (GI) certificates for Bangladesh’s products.

She issued the directive while chairing a Cabinet meeting at her office in Dhaka.

The issue of GI products came up for discussion in the meeting, said Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain at a press briefing at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

“The prime minister asked all to be active and take initiatives about (the GI certification) our products,” he said.

Earlier, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun handed GI certificates for the Tangail sari, Narsingdi's Amritasagar Banana and Gopalganj's rosogolla to the prime minister at the meeting.

The prime minister also unveiled the cover of the poetry book “Pitaroe Proticchobi” (Reflection of Father) written by Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman.

The issue of GI certification came to the fore after the Indian government granted GI recognition to the Tangail sari, claiming that the products originated from West Bengal.

Source: UNB