Industries Minister Dilip Barua on Tuesday said an attempt is going on to ruin the state-run sugar mills to initiate monopoly business.

He apprehended that if the attempt of ruining the state-run sugar mills comes out successful then the price of sugar would increase.

The minister said this while the newly elected committee of Bangladesh Sugar Mills Labour-Employees Federation met him at his ministry office, a press release said.

Awami League Labour Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, Jatiya Shramik League leader Sirajul Islam, Bangladesh Sugar Mills Lobour-Employees new president Khandakar Shahidul Islam and general secretary M Rezul Karim addressed on the occasion.

Barua said the grand alliance government is a industry and labour-friendly one.

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