The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined six industrial groups and two brick fields Tk 1.1 crore on charges of polluting and grabbing rivers around the capital. The penalised industrial groups are — Pran Group, Akij Group, Niki Dying, Atlantic Industries Ltd, ARS Washing Ltd, PA Knit Composite, and the
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BSRM fined Tk 40.5 lakh
The Department Of Environment fined Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Tk 40.5 lakh on charge of cutting hills at Jorarganj in Mirsharai upazila of the Chittagong district on Wednesday. DoE divisional director Jafar Alam said six acres of hilly area hade been turned into plain land at Mastannagar of Durgapur and they found BSRM responsible for ... Read more
Ship-breaking yard in Ctg fined, sued
Probe begins A day after the death of four workers from toxic gas at the Jiri Subedar Steel Re-rolling Mills of Sitakunda, the Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined it Tk 25 lakh for not having proper safety measures in its ship-breaking yard. Local police the same day filed a case against four of its ... Read more
Maiden arrests over Buriganga grabbing
3 fined, sued by DoE The Department of Environment (DoE) in a special drive yesterday realised Tk 3.21 lakh in fines from three river grabbers, filed cases and arrested two of them for filling up the Buriganga at three points. This was the first time river grabbers were arrested. The arrestees are Haji Mahbubur Rahman ... Read more