<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (July 17, 2023) received Kalabati sarees and handicrafts made from banana plant fibre.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parveen Tibriji handed over three such sarees and two jewellery boxes to the PM at the cabinet room of the Prime Minister's office, according to the PM’s press wing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Manipuri design Kalabati sarees,&nbsp; first ever in Bangladesh, have been created by weaver Radhavati Devi of Moulvibazar using the fibre of banana plant.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anjali Devi and Dutta Singh, weavers from Bandarban, made the 3 sarees that were gifted to the prime minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides, a special Machang model of residential shelter in hilly areas, district brand calendar and brand book were also presented to the prime minister by the DC of Bandarban. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>