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Coast Guard personnel stand beside sacks of banned polythene seized from an under-construction building in Armanitola on Saturday,22 August 2026.Photo:TBS.

Banned polythene worth Tk3.63cr seized in Armanitola

Owner remains unidentified after riverbank raid in capital.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Textiles Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin inaugurate sell of jute bags on 31 August 2025. Photo: TBS

Environment adviser urges use of jute bags instead of polythene

Photo: UNB

Illegal polythene factory sealed in Kapasia, owner sentenced to 3 months’ imprisonment

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on plastic pollution control and a cleanliness campaign in the capital on 19 April, 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Subsidised jute bags to replace polythene: Environmental adviser

Photo: TBS

Environmental activists urge govt to provide alternatives to polythene use

Highway police arrested two individuals and seized 22 tonnes of polythene in Gazipur on 26 February. Photo: TBS

Highway Police arrest 2, seize 22 tonnes of polythene in Gazipur

A raid was conducted today (34 January) in Palashi and Hatirpool areas’ kitchen markets led by Tapan Kumar Biswas. Photo: UNB

60,000kg polythene seized, Tk29 lakh fine realised

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks at a discussion at the secretariat on 22 December 2024. Photo: PID

Mobile court drives to be ramped up against hill cutting, polythene use, air pollution: Adviser Rizwana

Illustration: TBS

Crackdown on poly bags: 414 shops fined Tk25.7 lakh

Bangladesh’s polythene ban falters as affordable alternatives remain out of reach

Bangladesh’s polythene ban falters as affordable alternatives remain out of reach

Photo: UNB

Drives against Polythene: Tk19 lakh fined, 38,178kg polythene seized

The DoE conducted a crackdown on factories producing banned polythene shopping bags on 3 Nov. Photo: Courtesy

Over 4,000kg polythene seized, 47 firms fined

Officials of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change inspect shops in Mohammadpur Agricultural Market, Dhaka, on 1 November 2024. Photo: UNB

Strict action against polythene bags producers from 3 Nov: Ministry