Image for representation purposes only Bangladesh’s Department of Environment has fined Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries Tk 500,000 ($4,000) for operating without a valid environmental clearance, days after nine workers died in a toxic gas accident at the shipbreaking yard. The fine was imposed after a hearing at the department’s Chittagong regional office on Aug. 19, five days after the accident. The company’s environmental clearance had…
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