Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a think tank in South Asia, on Saturday urged the Bangladesh High Commission in India to file a case with the Indian court to get the Geographical Indication (GI) right of Tangail sari.

The CPD also asked for a 'multidisciplinary task force' to deal with the matter of intellectual property rights of Bangladesh in the interest of local producers and the economy during the period of its LDC graduation.

Following India's recent registration of Tangail sari as its GI (Tangail Sari of Bengal), the CPD made the call at a press conference titled "On Tangail Saree-GI India, What Happened and What Can be Done".

CPD distinguished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya presented a paper which reve...