Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change, has announced strict monitoring to end the use of polythene shopping bags from November 1.

She not only threatened legal action against supermarkets that use polythene shopping bags, but also warned of potential actions against the manufacturers of this banned product.

In addition, she warned, actions would be taken against polythene shopping bag manufacturers, while legal actions would be taken against supermarkets providing polythene bags to their customers.

The environment adviser came with the warning at a meeting held at the Ministry of Textiles and Jute in Bangladesh Secretariat here.

The meeting discussed the implementat...