After a routine shopping trip to the superstore, Abul Bashar received his frozen goods in what seemed like an ordinary fabric bag, but in reality, it was made of polypropylene—a type of plastic.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the public quite the surprise when he proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including ...

Despite the official ban on manufacturing, sale and use of polythene bags, these bags are extensively used all over the country including Karachi even for carrying food, meat, milk and other eatables, ...

Despite being an environmental hazard, polythene bags are widely used across the country. Their unabated use has contributed to the deterioration of sewerage systems and infrastructure in cities ...

Given the province’s struggles with controlling pollution, one would imagine that a province wide polythene bag is strictly enforced but that is not the case in Punjab, where consumers and retailers ...

To curb polythene use, a nationwide operation against manufacturers will begin on Sunday by mobile courts, said Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and ...

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 ...

In a week, the government is set to impose a complete ban on polyethylene or polypropylene-based materials like shopping bags in supermarkets. The ban will be extended to traditional markets from ...

Dehradun: Despite the nationwide ban on plastic bags with thickness up to 100 microns being in effect for over 18 months, the usage of polythene bags in Dehradun continues unchecked. The prohibition ...

Haryana's Environment Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Friday said Gurugram will be made polythene-free in 3 months under pilot project. Officials from the Municipal Corporations of Manesar and Gurugram, ...

The Department of Environment (DoE) seized 4.5 tonnes of banned polythene bags from two factories in Chittagong city yesterday. A team of DoE Chittagong in a drive in Nasirabad area found Poly ...