Bangladesh’s Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan said that bringing in investors is crucial to reopening the country’s closed sugar mills and restoring their profitability.
Speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of the 2025–26 sugarcane crushing season at Carew & Company Limited in Darshana, Chuadanga, he said several sugar mills had been shut down by the previous administration, and the current government had taken steps to reopen them. He noted that operating these mills would not be possible through subsidies or repeated government funding alone.
He said efforts were already underway to attract investors, adding that reopening the mills and making them profitable would be achievable if investment could be secured.
Adilur also said that after 15 years of mismanagement under the former government, returning the country to normalcy would take time. He said new initiatives were being taken to set up fresh industrial enterprises.
He added that work was progressing to establish industries with both local and foreign investors. “We may not be here then, but you will see the results,” he said.
