Drives and fines across the country to stop illegal rice hoarding
The food ministry fined several dozen establishments across the country on 29 January in drives against illegal rice hoarding.
The food ministry fined several dozen establishments across the country on 29 January in drives against illegal rice hoarding.
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses a total of Tk 5 lakh 8 thousand in drives against illegal paddy and rice stocks across the country.
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses a total of Tk 8 lakh 93 thousand 150 in drives against illegal paddy and rice stocks in Dhaka and across the country.
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses Tk 21 lakh in anti-hoarding drives across the country, with 37 mills in Naogaon alone fined nearly Tk 15 lakh.
A mobile court in Gaibandha's Palashbari fined two people Tk 45,000 for collecting excess tolls at a cattle market.
A mobile court in Niamatpur, Naogaon, has fined a cattle market lease-holder Tk 10,000 for charging buyers more than the government-set toll.
A mobile court in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, fined two people a total of Tk 60,000 for collecting excess toll at a sacrificial animal market.
Village heads in Bhangura, Pabna fined two men Tk 4,65,000 over the alleged theft of a single sack of poultry feed from a farm.
A trader in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj was fined Tk 5,000 for buying sick chickens cheaply and selling them at a profit, and more than a hundred sick and dead birds were buried.
A mobile court in Saltha upazila of Faridpur sentenced two young men to a year's simple imprisonment each for trapping migratory birds.
The consumer rights directorate fined two egg wholesalers in Tejgaon and a chicken shop in Karwan Bazar Tk 10,000 each after finding they set prices at will without receipts.
A mobile court in Tala, Satkhira, fined two young men Tk 1,000 each after more than 50 bullfrogs were found with their legs cut off.
Sand traders are accused of clearing a migratory bird colony at Madhuban on the Atrai river in Naogaon's Mahadebpur to dredge sand.