Brick kilns in Bangladesh

Brick kiln for hills? Not really a choice

Authorities must step up efforts to protect hills from being ravaged

Who will hold the reins of brick kiln owners?

Toxic smoke from brick kilns is damaging crops and public health

Trees felled to feed brick kiln

Defying laws, some unscrupulous traders are cutting down trees to fuel a brick kiln in Manpura Island of Bhola, locals alleged.

Brick kilns' child labour problem

Pabitra Roy, who secured GPA-5 in PEC and JSC exams, spends six months of a year working at a brick kiln to pay for his studies as well as support his family.

Brick kilns top polluter

Brick kilns are the top air polluter in seven major cities in the country, particularly during dry season when most bricks are made, turning the air quality of these metropolises “severely unhealthy”.

Shun burnt bricks to save topsoil

The country must immediately start using environment-friendly alternative hollow blocks instead of conventional bricks to save its fertile topsoil and conserve environment, experts and top officials said at a discussion yesterday.

Save topsoil

To protect topsoil and the environment, the government must immediately spearhead a campaign for using alternatives of conventional bricks, said experts at a seminar in the capital yesterday.

Brick kiln menace

Every day many children make their way to schools in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, Sylhet, under thick, black clouds of smoke

Editorial / Brick kilns king among air pollutants

Very few of the brick kilns in Bangladesh - approximately 7,000, according to government estimates -- have been constructed following proper design and environmental rules, according to experts.

January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023

Brick kiln for hills? Not really a choice

Authorities must step up efforts to protect hills from being ravaged

June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022

Who will hold the reins of brick kiln owners?

Toxic smoke from brick kilns is damaging crops and public health

March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019

Trees felled to feed brick kiln

Defying laws, some unscrupulous traders are cutting down trees to fuel a brick kiln in Manpura Island of Bhola, locals alleged.

March 2, 2019
March 2, 2019

Brick kilns' child labour problem

Pabitra Roy, who secured GPA-5 in PEC and JSC exams, spends six months of a year working at a brick kiln to pay for his studies as well as support his family.

February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019

Brick kilns top polluter

Brick kilns are the top air polluter in seven major cities in the country, particularly during dry season when most bricks are made, turning the air quality of these metropolises “severely unhealthy”.

September 20, 2018
September 20, 2018

Shun burnt bricks to save topsoil

The country must immediately start using environment-friendly alternative hollow blocks instead of conventional bricks to save its fertile topsoil and conserve environment, experts and top officials said at a discussion yesterday.

July 8, 2018
July 8, 2018

Save topsoil

To protect topsoil and the environment, the government must immediately spearhead a campaign for using alternatives of conventional bricks, said experts at a seminar in the capital yesterday.

May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018

Brick kiln menace

Every day many children make their way to schools in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, Sylhet, under thick, black clouds of smoke

January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016

Brick kilns king among air pollutants

Very few of the brick kilns in Bangladesh - approximately 7,000, according to government estimates -- have been constructed following proper design and environmental rules, according to experts.