DHAKA: Privatisation Commission chief Dr Mirza Abdul Jalil on Monday expressed his firm commitment to privatise 23 public industries.

“These public industries must be privatised and the process is now on in this regard,” Jalil told a news conference here.

Jalil’s statement came following a tug of war between him and Industries Minister Dilip Barua and the Jute and Textile Minister Latif Siddiqi over privatisation of the loss making 23 public industries.


BDST 13.30 HRS, JULY 26, 2010.