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RANGPUR, Jan 15, 2026 (BSS) - A mobile court jointly initiated by the Dinajpur district administration, Department of Environment and RAB-13 in daylong drives fined four brick kilns Taka 14 lakh in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday.
 
The court fined owners of the brick kilns for violating the provisions of the Bangladesh Brick Manufacturing and Kiln Establishment (Control) Act 2013 (Amended-2019), a RAB-13 press release said here today.
 
Drives led by an Executive Magistrate of Dinajpur district administration, representatives of the Dinajpur District Police, Dinajpur Fire Service and Civil Defense and the Department of Environment participated in the drives. 
 
Based on information, mobile court was conducted as use of excessive sulfur, coal containing ash and mercury and the establishment of brick kilns without permits in various brick kilns of Dinajpur district. 
 
During the drives, the mobile court fined brick kiln owners Md Rashed Taka three lakh, Md Jewel Taka three lakh, Mohsin Ali Taka five lakh, Dulal Roy Taka three lakh, for a total of Taka 14 lakh, the release added.