"We'll install the machines within a year and see whether the venture makes profit or loss," said Jute and Textile Minister Shahjahan Siraj at the concluding ceremony of a workshop on 'Biotechnological application of enzymes for making paper pulp from green jute/ kenaf' in Dhaka yesterday.

Jute and Textile Secretary M Haider Ali chaired the function organised by the Jute Diversification Promotion Center and assisted by the International Jute Study Group (IJSG).

Principal Secretary to prime minister Kamal Uddin Siddique, Secretary General of IJSG T Nanda Kumar and Executive Chairman of the Board of Investment Mahmudur Rahman also addressed the workshop.