Leather Research Institute (LRI) commenced its functioning as a full-fledged mono-disciplined research institute with modern facilities from 2000. Prior to its establishment, the Institute began its journey as a division of Dhaka Laboratories of BCSIR in 1955 with limited facilities. Considering the foreign exchange earning potentials and employment opportunities from the leather sector, the project work of the Institute was started in 1994 and finished in 2000 under the Government’s Annual Development Program to strengthen its R&D capacity in the field of Leather Science & Technology. read more ...