Bangladesh is building a hub for embroidered textiles. Once completed, the hub will accommodate almost 1,200 entrepreneurs while tripling the production of embroidery items in the country. It will feature a warehouse, service and design development centers as well as sales and exhibition center, rest houses, a convention centre and even a theme park. The idea is to build this place not only as a textile hub but also as a tourism hub so that it can draw visitors and can become a major attraction within the region. The hub is expected to help create a bigger market for embroidered textiles while generating more than 3,00,000 additional jobs.

Embroidery forms a big part of Bangladesh’s traditional textile industry. Some of these products are embroidered quilt, traditional embroidered bed covers, wall mats, home decors, readymade garments and other textile items. About a million embroidery pieces are produced in the country annually. The annual output of embroideries may hit three million units by 2025, thanks to the new set-up.

The construction of the hub is expected to be finished by 2023 and it will be spread over 300 acres. It will be one of the biggest projects for the whole textile sector in the country.