Jessore district has been inundated with illegal brick kilns. Out of the 144 brick kilns in the district, 114 have been deemed unauthorized by the Department of Environment. This issue has even been ...

Despite government restrictions, a clear High Court directive, and repeated raids by the district administration and the Department of Environment, furnaces of illegal brick kilns in Bandarban flare ...

Darkness falls on Rajauli village, but for Raju Kushwaha there is no difference between the scorching sun and the blazing brick kiln. While the village’s residents enjoy the cool air, the ...

During the dry winter months in Bangladesh, thousands of workers shovel millions of tons of coal into kilns across the country. As columns of hand-packed bricks bake and harden, dark plumes of smoke ...

The continuing operation of illegal brick kilns in Bandarban, despite a clear High Court directive and repeated enforcement drives, is deeply concerning. According to a report in this daily, kiln ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bilawal Bhatti and Maqbool Ahmed In Pakistan, families are forced to make over 1,500 bricks a day to repay loans from the kiln ...

The Thomson Reuters Foundation investigated child labour at Cambodia's brick kilns after the government said all furnaces were free of underage workers The row of brick kilns was hidden from sight, ...

About a quarter of the world’s bricks are produced in South Asia to build houses and factories in the region as more people move to urban areas in search of work. But brick-making contributes to air ...