Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken steps to demolish illegal shops and cancel their licenses at the dunes of Cox's Bazar sea beach.

The ministry on Tuesday sent a letter to the Ministry of Land, asking it to take action against these structures.

According to the ministry, the licenses for these shops were issued unlawfully.

The illegal structures are posing a serious threat to biodiversity and the natural environment of the beach.

According to the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995, and the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) Management Rules, 2016, no one is allowed to set up permanent or temporary structures that harm the environment in an ECA area.

The ministry also warned t...