Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Sunday told Parliament that Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) reopened 715 industrial factories in the last 13 years.
“Some 715 closed industrial factories were recommenced by BSCIC from 2009 to 2022,” he said replying to a starred question from Awami League MP Mozaffar Hossain (Jamalpur-5).
Besides, Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) restarted its industrial firm Dhaka Steel Works Limited (DSWL) at Tongi in Gazipur on July 5, 2018, said the Minister.
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Sunday told Parliament that Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) reopened 715 industrial factories in the last 13 years.
“Some 715 closed industrial factories were recommenced by BSCIC from 2009 to 2022,” he said replying to a starred question from Awami League MP Mozaffar Hossain (Jamalpur-5).
Besides, Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) restarted its industrial firm Dhaka Steel Works Limited (DSWL) at Tongi in Gazipur on July 5, 2018, said the Minister.
Responding to another question from AL MP Ali Azam (Bhola-2), the industries minister said there are 15 state-owned sugar mills in the country.
But only one mill — Carew & Co BD Ltd– is a profitable one and the remaining 14 mills can’t make profit, said Nurul Majid.
Among the 14 mills, threshing of sugarcanes in six mills (in Panchagarh, Setabganj, Shyampur, Rangpur, Pabna and Kushtia) has remained suspended since 2020-21 season, he said.
Source: United News of Bangladesh