The government is planning to launch mobile court drives across Bangladesh on Sunday in a bid to crack down on polythene manufacturers. Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday underscored the need for developing the habit of using cloth and jute bags as alternatives to polythene to reduce plastic use in daily life. “Plastic ...

The Ministry of Environment has announced a ban on polythene bags starting November 1. Various supermarkets and fresh produce markets are prioritizing bags made of cloth, paper and jute as ...

Anwar Hossain bought vegetables wrapped in two polythene bags from a shop in Muslim Bazar, a bustling corner in Dhaka’s Mirpur. After walking a short distance, he turned back to collect one more ...