The main gas supply line to Narsingdi was damaged during construction work on a drain, according to Titas Gas authorities
Action has been taken against 208 of 217 Hajj agencies after a probe committee formed by the ministry of religious affairs found the agencies responsible for irregularities, the ministry’s Secretary Chowdhury Md Babul Hassan said on Thursday.
Five agencies were fined Tk 500,000 each, five were fined Tk 400,000 each, 17 were fined Tk 300,000 each, nine Tk 250,000 each and 121 agencies were fined Tk 150,000 each.
Ninety one pilgrims sent by ‘Cascade Travel and Tours’ did not return home yet -- so the agency was fined Tk 18 million and its licence was also cancelled.