Department of Textiles
Profile
- Head
- Md Nuruzzaman
- Role
- Director General
- Annual budget
- —
- Staff
- —
- Established
- 1978
- Legal basis
- Textile Act 2018; Textile Industry (Registration and One-Stop Service Centre) Rules 2021; established 1978 by parliamentary ordinance of the Jatiyo Sangsad as a subordinate agency of the then Ministry of Textiles, separated from the Textile Wing of the Ministry of Industries
Administering mill licensing under the Textile Act 2018 and Registration Rules 2021 (proposed licence valid 2 years pre-production, existing licence post-production; fee range Tk 5,000 to Tk 100,000 by investment tier); running 2025-26 admissions across 10 government textile engineering colleges (1,200 seats) and 41 textile vocational institutes; coordinating registration clearances relevant to the broader government drive to revive 50 closed state mills including Darwani Textile Mills, Nilphamari, for which BTMC floated an international PPP tender in April 2026.
Recent activity
- 2026-01-15 circular Department of Textiles opened online applications for B.Sc in Textile Engineering (2025-26 session) across 10 BUTEX-affiliated government textile engineering colleges; 1,200 total seats (120 per college across yarn, fabric, wet process, and apparel engineering); entrance examination scheduled for 4 April 2026. ↗↗
- 2026-02-28 circular Submission deadline closed for B.Sc Textile Engineering admissions (2025-26) at 10 government textile engineering colleges; DoT administered the selection process, which includes Yarn Engineering, Fabric Engineering, Wet Process Engineering, and Apparel Engineering specialisations. ↗
- 2026-03-01 other Department of Textiles published job circular (Daily Observer, issued 24 February 2026) recruiting for 5 posts across 1 category on a temporary basis; online applications via dotr.teletalk.com.bd, deadline 20 March 2026. ↗↗
- 2026-04-04 other Entrance examination held for B.Sc Textile Engineering (2025-26 session) at BUTEX-affiliated government textile engineering colleges; exam administered by DoT and BUTEX. ↗
- 2026-04-12 procurement International tender floated (under BTMC, the sponsoring authority under Ministry of Textiles and Jute) for revival of Darwani Textile Mills Ltd., Nilphamari under PPP; State Minister Md Shariful Alam visited Nilphamari and confirmed investor interest; DoT co-ordinates mill registration clearances for reopened state mills. PPPA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the project in principle in December 2017; 40-acre mill established in 1977. ↗↗↗
- 2026-04-20 policy Government announced PPP/lease privatisation of approximately 50 closed state-owned textile and jute mills (25 textile, 25 jute); DoT mill licensing and registration clearances are required before commercial operations commence for any revived unit, per Textile Industry Registration Rules 2021. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Director General Md Nuruzzaman confirmed by Wikipedia infobox (cross-checked via Daily Sun reference to DG Nuruzzaman chairing a stakeholder consultation at DoT conference room); head_since is null because the precise appointment date is not available from open sources. Established year 1978 is cross-checked across Wikipedia and Ministry of Textiles and Jute sources. The DoT issues two licence types under the Textile Industry (Registration and One-Stop Service Centre) Rules 2021 (made under Textile Act 2018): a proposed licence valid for two years pre-production and an existing licence post-production commencement; environmental clearance and fire safety licence are mandatory pre-conditions. The DoT administers 41 textile vocational institutes (source: Wikipedia/Textile schools in Bangladesh, cross-checked via search results referencing individual TVI websites under dot.gov subdomains) and 10 BUTEX-affiliated government textile engineering colleges with 1,200 total B.Sc seats. The Darwani Textile Mills PPP tender was floated by BTMC (the sponsoring authority under MoTJ), not directly by DoT; DoT's role in that process is as the mill registration/licensing clearance authority once the mill resumes commercial production. annual_budget_bdt is null: no separate DoT budget line is published in accessible FY2025-26 national budget documents. staff_count is null: not disaggregated in any open source. activity_score 5 reflects a department active in licensing administration and institute oversight but not a daily news figure.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Textiles_(Bangladesh)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_schools_in_Bangladesh
- https://admissionnotice.com/en/govt-textile-engineering-college-admission-circular-2024/
- https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/new-rule-makes-mandatory-environment-fire-safety-clearance-for-textile-factory-registration-1624677786
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/377315
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/377315
- http://www.pppo.gov.bd/projects-development-project-of-darwani-textile-mills-ltd.php
- https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/bangladesh-to-hand-over-all-govt-textile-jute-mills-to-private-sector-310117-newsdetails.htm
- https://www.bdgovtjobs.net/2026/03/department-of-textiles-job-circular-2026.html
- https://bdgovtjobs.com/department-of-textiles-dot-job-circular/
- https://dot.gov.bd/
- https://dot.gov.bd/site/view/notices
- https://dot.gov.bd/pages/news/%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AB-%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AC-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2-5fef1a-695b95a835ce18e1c05ae287
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles_and_Jute
- https://www.bangladeshtradeportal.gov.bd/index.php?r=searchProcedure%2Fview1&id=75