Formation | 5 May 2013 |
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Headquarters | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Chairman | Syeda Sarwar Jahan[1] |
Parent organization | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
Website | Rubber board |
Bangladesh Rubber Board (বাংলাদেশ রাবার বোর্ড) is an agency under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.[1] It was established to revive the almost rubber cultivation. Syeda Sarwar Jahan is the chairman of the board.[2]
Bangladesh Rubber Board was established on 5 May 2013 through the Bangladesh Rubber Board Act 2013.[3] In October 2016, Bangladesh joined the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.[3] Bangladesh Rubber Board started operations on 30 April 2019.[3]
In October 2020, Syeda Sarwar Jahan was appointed the chairman of the Bangladesh Rubber Board after she retired as chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority.[2] She replaced Md Nurul Alam Chawdhury, who was appointed to the Bangladesh Tea Board.[2]
Almost 68 thousand ton of latex was produced in Bangladesh in 2022.[4] The first rubber industrial fair of Bangladesh was held in Chittagong.[5]
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