Why has the Forest Department allowed it?

Local authorities must act to prevent endless hill-cutting

Why do illegal hill-cutters continue to go unpunished?

The landscape and ecosystem in Tangail are under threat as “influential people” are flattening hillocks, which are a geological feature of parts of the district.

Three labourers, including a woman, were killed in a landslide while cutting a hill to dig a drain in Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday.

Hill cutting continues unabated in Bandarban violating environmental laws as the authorities say they can't stop the illegal activity due to “pressure from some political quarters”.