Dhaka, June 8 -- In a drive to curb malpractice in fuel measurement across Dhaka Metropolitan City, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted two separate mobile court operations under the Weight and Measures Standards Act, 2018.

In the latest enforcement actions carried out on Sunday and Monday, two filling stations were fined a total of Tk 250,000 for irregularities in fuel dispensing, while defective dispensing units were sealed and shut down.

During Sunday's operation in the Darus Salam area at Kalyanpur, four dispensing units of "Sohorab Service Station" were inspected. Two units were found to be significantly tampered with, showing shortages of 1,080 ml and 980 ml of fuel per 10 litres respectively. For thi...