In 2019, the government issued a circular to implement hundred percent use of hollow blocks by 2025. Industry insiders say only 5% has actually been achieved so far. Meanwhile, brick kilns continue to thrive and expand
Bangladesh Human Rights Foundation (BHRF), a human rights organisation, has expressed concern over the attack, abduction at gunpoint, illegal detention and attempted murder of The Business Standard's Chattogram correspondent Abu Azad. He was subjected to the assault while working on a report concerning 120 illegal environmentally destructive brick kilns under Rangunia police