CCC fined Tk 0.5m for cutting hill illegally

The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Tk 0.5 million for cutting hill illegally at Lalkhan Bazar in the port city. Following a hearing held at the DoE headquarters in Dhaka, the DoE slapped the fine on the CCC for piling concrete pillars to construct a building at the peak of Tigerpass Hill without taking clearance from the department, a DoE release has said, according to a news agency.