Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Tuesday told Parliament that the government didn’t take any decision to shut down the state-owned sugar mills, though the threshing of sugarcanes in six mills out of total 15 has been kept suspended for the current season.
“No sugar mill has been closed down. No decision has been taken to shut down sugar mills,” he said replying to a tabled question from Awami League MP Ali Azam (Bhola-2).
The Industries Minister said there are 15 sugar mills under the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC).
Of these, only one mill-Carew & Co (Bd) Ltd-is profitable, while 14 others can’t make profit, he said.
Sugarcane threshing in six mills was kept suspended for the 2020-2021 season, he added.
In reply to a separate question from the same MP, the Minister said the government is implementing two development projects to modernise the sugar mills in order to save the country’s sugar industry.
The two projects are being implemented with GoB fund under BSFIC to modernise the sugar mills and make those environment-friendly entities.
