DHAKA, Oct 21, 2025 (BSS)- The Department of Environment (DoE) has seized 309kilograms (kg) of banned polythene during its different drives in separatedistricts across the country. The drives were conducted as part of guarding the environment from pollution,a PID handout said here today. During the drives, the DoE teams filed 32 cases and realized fined money Taka42,100 while conducting seven mobile courts in Lalmonirhat, Jhenaidah,Chattogram, Khulna, Natore, and Dhaka (Shyamoli and Manik Mia Avenue) underthe Sound Pollution Control Rules 2006. In a separate drive under the Air Pollution Control Rules 2022, mobile courtsin Khulna and Mirpur (Dhaka) fined Taka 39,000 in 17 cases for excessiveblack smoke emissions from vehicles. Meanwhile, two mobile court teams participated in other drives and filedthree...