Sangsad Bhaban, June 22 -- owned industries or factories under the Ministry of Industries are sick and unprofitable, according to the statistics placed by Industries Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir in Parliament on Monday.

He placed the statistics, while replying to a starred question from ruling party lawmaker Md Selimuzzaman Mollah (Gopalganj-1).

Industries will be expanded further to reduce unemployment: Minister Muktadir

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad tabled the question-and-answer session at the beginning of the day's business started at around 3:00pm.

The minister said the 47 state-owned enterprises are run under three corporations of the ministry- Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industr...