Bangladesh Handloom Board

The Bangladesh Handloom Board was established in January 1978 by the government of Bangladesh. It is managed by the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.^[1] It oversees the work of 1.5 million individual handloom workers in Bangladesh.^[3] It works for the preservation of classical Bangladesh weaving techniques of Benaras Palli, jamdani, and muslin.^[4][5]

In 1981 it established a professional training institute for the use of handloom, in Narsingdi.^[6] In 2013, the Bangladesh Handloom Board Act was passed which made minor amendments to how often the board should meet.^[7]