Thimphu, Bhutan, Broadcasting News Corporation: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the current government has taken various initiatives to fulfill Bangladesh’s commitment to protect the world’s environment by spreading Bangladeshi eco-friendly and bio-degradable jute products all over the world including Bhutan. The Environment Minister said these while inaugurating the Bangladesh Jute Products Exhibition Center organized by the Bangladesh Embassy in Thimpu, Bhutan monday by the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dasho Tshering Tobgay. Saber Chowdhury said that Bhutan-Bangladesh friendship will be stronger by setting up an exhibition center for jute products of Bangladesh for the first time abroad. It will not only protect the environment but also play a positive role in bilateral trade. Bhutan’s Foreign Minister, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment, Minister of Health, Minister of Power and Natural Resources, Foreign Secretary, Secretary of Natural Resources and other senior officials of the Government of Bhutan were present on the occasion. Among others, Bangladesh Ambassador to Bhutan Shivnath Roy and Embassy Counselor Sujan Debnath spoke on the occasion. Besides, leaders of Bhutan Chamber of Commerce, a large number of Bhutanese businessmen, importers and handicraft traders were present. After the inauguration, Bhutanese leaders and businessmen visited the exhibition center and Bangladeshi jute products. They were impressed by the versatile products produced from Bangladesh jute such as bags, shoes, carpets, tissue boxes, kitchen items, clothing, office files, conference files, pen holders and home furnishings. They opined that a permanent market for Bangladeshi jute products would soon be developed in Bhutan. According to embassy sources, the quantity and number of jute products will be increased in the near future. As a result, the market for Bangladeshi jute products is expected to develop in different cities of Bhutan.