The country's first environment friendly CDM project in the brick kiln industry with Hybrid Hoffman Kiln (HHK) technology has fetched carbon revenue of US$ 264,525 for reduction of 17,403 tonnes of

A mobile court, led by executive magistrate Maruful Alam, fined six brick fields Tk 3.45 lakh at Kalapara upazila during a daylong drive on Tuesday.

The owners of around 150 brickfields in Bogra district are defying environment laws as they have been polluting environment burning firewood illegally in their kilns.

A section of unscrupulous traders are running illegal brickfields polluting environment in all four upazilas of Madaripur district due to lax monitoring by the authorities concerned.

Brick kilns set up on croplands have been adversely affecting the agricultural production in Lalmonirhat district over the years.

With the start of brickmaking season a number of illegal brick kilns have started operating inside the forests and woodlands of Naikkhangchhari upazila in Bandarban, despite a statutory restriction

On the day that Veerappa Moily took over reins, the Environment Ministry eased environmental clearance norms for select industries, including brick kiln owners and river sand miners.

On December 24, the Ministry took a decision to exempt a slew of different types of industrial and mining projects from either providing environmental impact assessment reports or holding public hearings when they are approved by the state government.

Growth of brickfields on agricultural lands and in residential areas is rampant in Rangpur district, causing serious harm to arable lands as well as environment.