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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate six new textile engineering colleges, including Sheikh Rehana Textile Engineering College in Gopalganj, on Tuesday.
She will join the National Textiles Day-2023 celebration programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban, and inaugurate the new institutions at around 10am.
Textiles and Jute Ministry established six new textile engineering colleges in different districts across the country, said ministry sources.
The colleges are – Sheikh Rehana Textile Engineering College in Gopalganj, Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat Textile Institute at Gournadi of Barishal, Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Textile Institute at Manda in Naogaon, Begum Amina Mansoor Textile Engineering Institute at Kazipur of Sirajganj, Bhola Textile Institute in Bhola, and Sheikh Russell Textile Institute at Madarganj in Jamalpur.
Currently, there are six government textile engineering colleges located in Chattogram, Pabna, Noakhali, Jhenaidah, Barishal, and Rangpur. These are affiliated with the Bangladesh Textile University and managed by the Directorate of Textiles under the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.