DoE proposes enforcing pollution tax, awareness programs

'Polluters pay is a globally applicable phenomenon, and this should be enforced in Bangladesh as well'
As a measure to bring down pollution, Director General of the Department of Environment (DoE), Dr AKM Rafique Ahammed, on Wednesday proposed making polluters pay for the damage they cause to the environment.
He said this at a seminar at DoE’s headquarters in Dhaka.
The seminar, “Impact of Air Pollution and Forests and Biodiversity in Urban Planning,”