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Judge orders immediate closure of Hazaribagh tanneries

07/03/2017

The High Court of Bangladesh has ordered the country’s Department of the Environment to immediately close all tanneries still operating at the Hazaribagh cluster, according to local media reports. It is the latest stage of a long-running saga which has seen the government make continued attempts to encourage leather producers to relocate from...

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