Eight business establishments including a food factory were fined Tk 83,000 here yesterday on charges of manufacturing, possessing and selling of consumer products.
A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) realised fine conducting raids in different shopping malls and market places
in the city yesterday afternoon, Syed Mustaque Hassan, Deputy Director ofDNCRP here said yesterday.
The team found the business establishments – Rokon Traders, SM Traders, Hotel Al Farabi, Senorita Beauty Parlour, Friends Emporium, Queens Park and
Karushree Plus- involved in preparing, possessing and selling consumer items in unhygienic condition or without any valid permission, prompting it to fine
those of Taka 58,000 in total, he said.
“Such drive against the violations of consumers’ rights would be continued in the days to come,” he added.
Meanwhile, Executive Magistrate Rony Khatun accompanied by Engineer Zunayed Ahmed from regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing
Institution (BSTI) conducted a mobile court in Ruchita Agro and Dairy Food Industries and fined Taka 25,000 on charge of running its business without
any BSTI license, reports BSS from Rajshahi.
