Bangladesh, Sept. 21 -- The Bangladesh Bureau Of Mineral Development (BMD) plans to set up the country's first 'geological museum' at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet to stop stone extraction in the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA).

BMD has already started the process as Gowainghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Nazmus Shakib confirmed the matter.

The BMD informed the Gowainghat Upazila administration about the plan in a letter last week in the wake of preparations to stop the illegal stone extraction by putting up signboards with the instructions of the High Court.

According to the Gowainghat Upazila administration, in 2012, the High Court directed Jaflong to be declares an ECA, in response to an application by the Bangladesh En...