Illegal sand lifting

Photo shows three seized trucks during the raids. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Illegal sand extraction, hill cutting operations busted in Chattogram's Patiya: 3 jailed, Tk2.5 lakh fined

Despite holding a lease for sand extraction, the fined businessman was extracting sand from unauthorised locations

A canal in Chattogram's Fatikchhari from where sand was being lifted illegally. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Drive against illegal sand lifting: 7 dredgers dismantled, 3 vehicle seized in Ctg

Representational image. MARCO LONGARI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Bloomberg
Crime

Half of seized sand goes missing

Shipyard owners and local public representatives are extracting sand illegally in a 30km area of Sandwip Channel in Sitakunda upazila, according to the Department of Environment. The photo was taken from the Akilpur beach area of Banshbaria in Sitakunda. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Illegal sand lifting threatens Ctg port operations