Brick kilns

During the operations, 11 brick kilns were shut down, and closure orders were issued for two more. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

DoE fines illegal brick kilns Tk1.14 crore in nationwide crackdown

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

7 unauthorised brick kilns fined Tk41 lakh in Dhaka's Dhamrai

At a meeting on 19 Sept with officials of the environment department and the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturing Owners Association (BBMOA) at the Secretariat. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

No new brick kilns allowed, 3,491 illegal ones to be closed: Environment adviser

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Air pollution: 7 vehicles, 6 brick kilns fined over Tk20 lakh

File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Demolish illegal brick kilns in Dhaka, adjacent districts in 14 days: HC

Despite legal barriers that were put in place as early as 1989, brick kilns have continued to multiply, encroaching into agricultural zones and environmentally sensitive areas in Bangladesh. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

The hollow promise of hollow blocks by 2025

Ctg admin demolishes illegal brick kiln in Rangunia
Crime

Ctg admin demolishes illegal brick kiln in Rangunia

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Environment ministry hosts meeting to tackle pollution by brick kilns

File photo
Environment

'Air pollution by brick kilns causes over 6,000 premature adult deaths in Bangladesh yearly'

The High Court of Bangladesh. Picture: Collected
Court

HC summons five DCs for failing to demolish illegal brick kilns

Dhailla Beel in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila has more than 50 brickfields which turned the majority of the beel area uncultivable. The photo was taken on Monday from the Keranihat area of the upazila. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Environment

Brickmakers eating up a Chattogram crop field

Picture: Noor-A-Alam/TBS
Crime

Fraudulent syndicate posing as DoE threatens brick kilns, hospitals

Photo: TBS
Court

Demolish illegal brick kilns in Dhaka, adjacent districts in 15 days: HC