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.

Joypurhat Sugar Mills resumed production in the current season on Friday afternoon.

Sugarcane crushing for 2019-20 fiscal year began at Faridpur Sugar Mills on Friday afternoon.