Continuing manufacture of polythene bags along with lax law enforcement is blamed by environmentalists for the increased use of non-biodegradable polythene bags.

Save the Environment Movement president Abu Naser Khan blamed the government authorities for failing to implement the ban on the bags saying that their enforcement operations were very irregular.

The environment department

The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in April admitted that the forest coverage was nine per cent of the country

Wildlife experts said that the government should focus on conserving the existing number of tigers rather than trying to increase the number as proposed by last year