Five laundromats fined in capital

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined five washing factories Tk 27 lakh in the capital's Rupnagar for polluting environment.

New Colour Design was fined Tk 11 lakh, Exim Apparels Washing Tk 7 lakh, Jamuna Washing Plant Tk 4 lakh, Wind Wash Tk 3 lakh and KM Washing Plant Tk 2 lakh.

AKM Mizanur Rahman, DoE director (monitoring and enforcement), called the factory representative and fined them, DoE sources said.