Dhaka, July 12 -- The government has realised Tk 250 million in fines from raids conducted across the country against brick kilns, factories and business entities that violated environmental regulations.

A high official at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Friday that the mobile teams of the Department of Environment (DoE) during drives from January 2 to July 10, 2025 filed 2,846 cases and realised the said amount of money.

He said that drives were conducted nationwide against vehicles for emitting black smoke, brick kilns and steel mills, hazardous waste discharge, poor solid waste management, illegal lead-acid battery recycling plants, wetland encroachment, tyre pyrolysis units and charcoal factories for c...