The Department of Environment has shut down the operations of four illegal brick kilns as they were polluting air at Keraniganj in Dhaka. A total of Tk 64 lakhs was also slapped on the four brick kilns in a mobile court drive run jointly by the head office and Dhaka office of the Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday. Newlywed couple electrocuted in Keraniganj  The four brick kilns are Noor Bricks, Delwar Traders and Vai Vai Bricks at Brahmangaon in South Keraniganj, and Mousumi Bricks Manufacturer at Jajira, in South Keraniganj. Among them, the chimney of Noor Brick was razed down completely and the fined Tk 4 lakh, while operation of three other bricks were shut down and each was fined Tk 20 lakh. DoE Executive Magistrate Mohammad Masud Hasan Patwary led the mobile court, said a press release. Is There Any Alternative to Brick Kilns?

A newlywed couple died after being electrocuted at their house in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka early Thursday.  The couple — Ismail, 20, and his wife Kajal Akter, 18 — were residents of Atibazar Sumon Housing area under the upazila. Read more: College student electrocuted, another injured in Sherpur Mamunur Or-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said the couple used to live in a rented house.  Kajal got electrocuted when she touched a switch with a wet hand around 12 am, he said.  Read more: Man, his son die from electrocution in Jamalpur Her husband Ismail was electrocuted when he tried to save his wife — leaving the duo critically injured, the OC said.  The couple was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries around 2 am, the police officer said.