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Workers arrange salted rawhide in a pile at a tannery at Hemayetpur of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on Monday. Like the previous year, rawhide of sacrificial animals was sold at throwaway prices across the country after Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, which was celebrated in the country on June 17. | Sony Ramany

Senior secretary of the industries ministry Zakia Sultana on Monday informed that time-bound action plans were being formulated for the development of the leather industry.

鈥業n addition to the renovation and development of the existing Common Effluent Treatment Plant聽 in Savar Leather Industrial City, initiatives have been taken to construct three more environmentally friendly CETPs,鈥� she said.


Zakia Sultana said this while presiding over a workshop on 鈥楽mart Bangladesh, Smart Industry: The Role of Stakeholders in the Development of Leather and Leather Products鈥� at the industries ministry in the city, said a press release.

As per plan, Zakia Sultana said, if everything is implemented, it is expected that Leather Working Group certification of tanneries will be increased and the export of leather and leather products in the international market will also be increased.

At the workshop, former industries secretary and former commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Md Abdul Halim delivered the keynote speech.