Bangladesh Environment Protection Act, 1995. Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act made to protect the environment, to improve the quality of the environment and to control and abate the pollution of the environment. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Basic legislation Environmental audit Environmental standards Pollution control Inspection Geographical area Asia, Least Developed Countries, Southern Asia Abstract This Act provides for the protection of the environment, the improvement of the environmental standard and the control and abatement of the pollution of the environment. The Government shall establish the Department of Environment, the head of which shall be the Director General whose powers and duties are listed in section 4. The Government may declare an area to be an ecologically critical area. Where the discharge of an environmental pollutant in excess of the limit prescribed by rules occurs Full text English Website www.loc.gov