A mobile court in a drive on Tuesday fined seven vehicles Tk 22,000 for polluting air in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The mobile court, led by executive magistrate Asma Shaheen of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Ministry conducted the drive and found seven vehicles responsible for polluting air through emitting black smoke. Later, the mobile court fined  the vehicles. The Monitoring and Enforcement Wing of Department of Environment (DoE) conducted the mobile court drive in Khilkhet area as part of drive against environment pollution and it will continue in Dhaka and its adjacent areas.  

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the two daily wagers of Khagrachhari district, who were sentenced to five-day jail through a mobile court, should not be provided Tk 10 lakh as compensation. The HC bench of Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman issued the rule following a petition. The court also issued another rule asking the government to explain as to why the punishment provided to the two daily wagers—Abul Kalam and Ruhul Amin—should not be declared illegal. The court also asked the Ramgarh Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Khagrachhari district, Khandaker Ikhtier Uddin Arafat to refrain from conducting mobile court drive for punishing the two daily wagers until the disposition of the rule. Read more: CTTC files DSA case against Pinaki Bhattacharya for ‘tarnishing image of the state’ Secretary to the Public Administration Ministry and Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner have been asked to implement the order. Barrister Hasan SM Azim stood for the writ petitioner while Assistant Attorney General AMG Sarwar Payel represented the state. On October 23, a writ petition was filed seeking its directives to not to allow Khagrachhari Ramgarh UNO Ikhtier to conduct any mobile court drive by sitting at this office though there is a provision that UNO should punish people after visiting the spot through mobile court. On August 5, a report was published at a daily vernacular saying that Khargachhari Ramgarh Local Administration and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) had a dispute over a piece of land in the upazila. On August 1, UNO Ikhtier sentenced two day labourers to five-day jail while they were engaged in erecting fence on the disputed land.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) conducted a mobile court drive to evict a total of 188 illegal shops from its three-storied Roadside market or Tula Market in the capital’s Nilkhet area on Sunday. The drive was led by Md Muniruzzaman, Estate Officer and Executive Magistrate of DSCC. During the drive, only 35 shops on the first floor of the market were found to be legal. Thirty-eight shops on the first floor were extended illegally, while 75 shops on the second floor and another 75 shops on the third floor were being run without permission. “A vested group had built these shops illegally without taking any approval from us. All of these shops excluding the 35 legal ones on the first floor will be taken down. The drive will continue until it’s done,” said Muniruzzaman. Read: DSCC to launch special five-day anti-dengue drive Sunday in five wards The drive was supervised by DSCC’s Chief Estate Officer Rasel Sabrin and will resume on Monday.

A mobile court sentenced four people to a year's rigorous imprisonment each for catching Hilsha during a 22-day ban period in Hizla upazila of Barishal on Friday. Besides, the court released two minor boys, detained with the four, to their guardians after taking a bond in this connection. The convicts Saiful Mollick, 30, Nazmul Sikdar, 25, Nurul Islam Talukdar, 27, and Kawsar Mollah, 25, are residents of different areas of the upazila. Bikash Chandra Dey, in-charge of Hizla River Police Unit, said they conducted a drive in association with fishery officer and members of Coast Guard (CG) and detained six people for fishing Hilsha during a ban period from a distributary of the Meghna River in the early morning. Besides, a 5,000 metre fishing net was also seized during the drive, he said. Read: 4 fishermen jailed, 14 fined in Laxmipur for violating ban Later, the mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mohammad Tarek Hawlader sentenced the four fishermen to one year of rigorous imprisonment each. Mentionable, the government imposed a 22-day ban, on fishing Hilsa, selling and transporting, staring from October 7 it will remain in place till October 28. 

Police arrested 562 people for being out there on the streets violating restrictions even as the capital city saw an increased number of private cars and public movement on the 6th day of the 14-day lockdown on Wednesday. The arrestees failed to show any valid reason for coming out on the streets, said DMP Additional Deputy Commissioner (media) Iftekharul Islam. Meanwhile, mobile courts collected Tk 1,61,130 as fines from  208 people. During this time, the Traffic Division collected Tk 1,13,0000 as penalties from 489 vehicles for failing to comply with coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Despite the measures taken by the authorities, people continue to venture out with families and friends in the capital defying the lockdown rules even though the Covid outbreak has turned vicious in the country. Read: People find 'easy excuses' to defy lockdown in Dhaka There was nothing different on Wednesday as people were seen roaming without emergency reasons with private cars and rickshaws plying everywhere. Dhaka wore almost a normal look with an increased number of vehicles and people on the streets. Only the movement of public transport remained suspended as per the government restrictions.

A mobile court in Chandpur has imposed fines of Tk one lakh on a restaurant and the organiser of a post-wedding party at the venue for violating Covid prevention protocols. Executive magistrate Mohammad Ujjal Hossain on Friday fined Rasuighar Chinese Restaurant and Party Centre in Chandpur district town and Abdul Latif of Faridganj upazila Tk 50,000 each for not adhering to government's Covid guidelines. Ujjal Hossain said the local administration has issued guidelines to contain the spread of coronavirus as the country has been of late seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases as well as deaths. Also read: Restaurant business bleeds as Coronavirus cases surge Besides, the mobile court also fined nine people Tk 1,900 for ignoring Covid health guidelines across the district town on the same day. Govt strengthens protective steps The daily surge prompted the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to issue an 18-point directive on March 29 to prevent the transmission of the virus. On the same day, the Health Ministry proposed strict measures like partial lockdowns for some places with higher Covid-19 transmission rates. Read Safe Lifestyle in COVID-19 Lockdown: Do's, Don'ts, and Precautions Other recommendations made by the ministry include closure of amusement centres and picnic spots, ban on religious gatherings, limiting wedding ceremonies, strengthening quarantine systems, limiting passengers in public transport, and limiting attendance in offices. It also suggested strong enforcement of the ‘no mask, no service’ policy, increasing the number of mobile courts and slapping fines on health guideline violators. Authorities in various districts have shut down amusement centres and are urging people to wear masks. But a large number of people are still reluctant to follow Covid protocols, putting themselves as well as others around them at risk. Read Covid surge: Mobile courts to ensure mask use soon Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh Bangladesh on Friday recorded more than 6,800 new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, as the government ramps up efforts to contain the transmission of the virus. Bangladesh has so far recorded 624,594 coronavirus cases, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read 25 fined in city for not wearing mask Vaccination drive The government launched a countrywide vaccination campaign on February 7 with doses received from the Serum Institute of India. Bangladesh inked an agreement with Serum in December last year for acquiring 30 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Serum is supposed to supply the doses between January and June this year – 5 million each month. Read Mobile court demolishes six illegal brick kilns in Magura

A mobile court has demolished six illegal brick kilns in Sadar and Sripur upazilas of Magura .

A mobile court of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has fined 25 people for not wearing masks in the city' Dhanmondi on Monday.

The ‘Marine Fisheries Bill, 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Monday with a provision for maximum three-year imprisonment or Tk 5 crore fine or both for fishing illegally within Bangladesh’s maritime boundary by any foreign national.

The government has asked the administration to strengthen the mobile court operation and enforce laws to ensure the use of masks, also in the capital, to check the raging Covid-19 pandemic.