Eco-friendly fabric bags distributed to enforce ban on SUP at secretariat | News

DHAKA, Oct 7, 2025 (BSS) - Three monitoring teams of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, along with law enforcement agencies, carried out a special drive today to enforce the ban on single-use plastics (SUP) at the Bangladesh Secretariat. The drive began at around 9:00 am at gates-2 and 5 of the secretariat, said a press release here. During the drive, any banned polythene or SUP items found with officials, employees, or visitors entering the secretariat were confiscated. As an alternative, eco-friendly fabric bags were distributed among them. At the same time, strict instructions were issued not to carry SUP inside the secretariat in future. In addition to the monitoring teams, law enforcers were deployed at all entry...