Polythene factory sealed in Gazipur, owner jailed
A mobile court on Thursday sealed an illegal polythene factory at Kapasia in Gazipur, and sentenced the factory owner, Abdul Awal, to three months in jail...
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Government to distribute jute bags at subsidised rates
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said jute bags would be provided to the public as an alternative to polythene shopping bags under a government initiative that includes subsidised distribution....
6 arrested over attack during DoE drive
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that six people were arrested in connection with an attack on officials from the Department of Environment during a drive at an illegal polythene factory in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area on Sunday...
Environment drives should be adequately supported
THE violent attack on a Department of Environment director during a drive against illegal polythene production at Chawkbazar in Dhaka is worrying as it indicates a weak enforcement mechanism. The director was assaulted on January 26 and had a fractured nose after he had sealed off a factory illegally producing polythene bags. A similar violent attack took...
DRIVE AT POLYTHENE FACTORY: DoE director hurt in attack
A director of the Department of Environment was injured in an attack by workers during a drive at a Polythene factory at Islambagh in the capital鈥檚 Chawkbazar area Sunday afternoon.
Tk 2.5m fines imposed in crackdown on poly bags
A total of 199 mobile court operations have been conducted across the country since November 3, collecting Tk 25,72,300 in fines on 414 establishments and the seizure of 50,556 kg of polythene shopping bags.
Ban on polythene bags alone will hardly work
IT IS commendable that the government has announced its firm position against the widespread use of one-time plastic products and continued its drive against polythene bags, but the state of plastic pollution suggests that enforcing a polythene ban is not enough. The environment ministry issued a directive in August that listed 17 single-use plastic products as hazardous and asked retailers and others concerned...
Govt firm to enforce ban on polythene bags
The government remained steadfast in its efforts to enforce the ban on polythene shopping bags, said the polythene monitoring committee.
Govt seizes 40,000 Kg polythene in anti-polythene campaign
Bangladesh interim government is intensifying its efforts to enforce the ban on polythene shopping bags, urging all citizens to comply with the directives to stop using such bags.
Little done, but a lot to shore up
THE government has renewed the ban on the use of polythene and polypropylene shopping bags in super stores beginning on October 1. After two decades, the law was revisited for a nationwide enforcement beginning on November 1. It was not the use but its indiscriminate disposal that prompted the ban on the production, sales and use of polythene...
Drive against polythene postponed amid protests
The Department of Environment-led joint drives against manufacturing illegal polythene bags were postponed halfway on Wednesday amid protests by polythene factory workers at Kamalbagh of Chawk Bazar in Old Dhaka...
12,696kg seized, Tk 6 lakh fined
Government agencies so far seized 12,696 kilogrammes of polythene and fined errant traders Tk 6 lakh since the government started drives against illegal polythene, harmful to the...
No sustainable alternative will frustrate ban on polythene
AFTER years of slack enforcement of the Polythene Bag Control Act 2002, the interim government has taken a move to phase out plastic products that are used once and discarded and begun drives against polythene bags. The environment and forest ministry issued a directive in August that listed 17 single-use plastic products, including bottles, bags, fast food...
Drives against polythene from November 3
The government on Friday announced mobile court drives against polythene bag manufacturers and marketers to stop the use of the harmful bags implementing the...
Interim govt forms committee to monitor enforcement of polythene ban
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government environment, forest and climate change ministry has formed a five-member committee to monitor the ban on polythene shopping bags.
Govt to reward markets free from polythene shopping bags: adviser 聽
Environment, forest, climate change, and water resources adviser to the interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, on Sunday announced that the government would reward markets in the capital that...
Superstores start running without polythene bags
Superstores started operating without poly bags after the interim government had enforced a nationwide ban on polythene and polypropylene shopping bags in all superstores with effect from Tuesday...
Drive against polythene bags from October 1
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Wednesday that the government decided to strictly implement a ban on production, storage, transportation, marketing and use of polythene and polypropylene shopping bags...
Govt bans polythene bags in superstores from October 1
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said that super shops couldn鈥檛 use polythene shopping bags and polypropylene bags and...
United efforts urged for polythene-free St Martins, Kuakata, Sundarbans
Adviser for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday urged united efforts to make Saint Martins Island, Kuakata and Sundarbans plastic and polythene-free...