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4 Bangladeshi products get GI status

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 06 July 2023

Business Report :
Bogura’s curd, Tulsimala paddy of Sherpur, and Langra and Ashwina mangoes of Chapainawabganj have received geographical indication (GI) status.
The Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT), an institution under the Ministry of Industry, issued the certificates on 25 June.
With this, 15 products of the country now have GI recognition.

Md Zillur Rahman, deputy registrar (trademarks) of DPDT, told The Business Standard, “The GI certificates have been issued for a total of four products, including Bogura curd.”
According to DPDT sources, the recognition and certification of GI products are given in accordance with the rules of the International Property Rights Organisation (WIPO).
In 2013, the Geographical Indication Products (Registration and Protection) Act was enacted. Later, in 2015, DPDT called for the registration of GI products after making the rules according to the act.
An application for GI recognition of a product is scrutinised, gazetted, and after two months’ time is made public for anyone to raise any objection.
The GI products recognised in the country earlier are Jamdani, Hilsa, Khirshapati mango, Muslin, Bagda shrimp, Kalijira rice, white soil of Bijoypur, Rajshahi silk, Rangpur shatranji, Dinajpur Kataribhog rice, Fazli mango of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj.

Even though curd is produced across the country, Bogura is known as the ‘Curd capital’.
According to Bogura curd traders, Ghetu Ghosh of Bogura’s Sherpur was the first person to make the food. At present, at least 400 small and big factories are producing this delicacy.
An average of about 50 tonnes of curd is produced per day. The demand more than doubles during festivals or Eid.
A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which correspond to a specific geographical location or origin.
If the environment or weather of any country plays an important role in producing a good and relates to the culture of the country, then it gets the recognition of being a GI product, according to WIPO.