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The government has initiated another move to amend the tobacco control law in order to address loopholes and incorporate some new provisions in the interest of saving common people from the adverse impact of tobacco products. The new provisions include- ban on e-cigarette in Bangladesh, licensi...
Alongside the illegal wildlife trade and trafficking, many wild animals are also being domesticated at various resorts, parks and some other places in the country illegally. Many wild animals are on the endangered list. However, alongside the wildlife animals that are available in Bangladesh, m...
Although Bangladesh has long been grappling with air pollution issues and Dhaka’s air quality has been the worst in the world for the last few years, no specific law has yet been enacted to check the menace. The government, however, had felt the need to enact a separate law on the issue...
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The frequency and intensity of flooding are on the rise in Sylhet region, the northeastern part of Bangladesh, with apprehensions that more terrible floods will hit the region and its adjacent regions in the coming days.The flood waters cannot flow to the Bay easily like in the past. Some rivers in ...
Heavy flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj continues to remain grim. The flooding in the two districts has surpassed all past records in recent memories so that the army troops have to be deployed to deal with the situation. The Army personnel have already launched operation to rescue people maroon...
The air pollution still remains one of the topmost challenges for Dhaka city as well Bangladesh ahead of the monsoons although air pollution decreases in the city with the onset of the monsoons.The presence of dust and other particles in the air of Dhaka still remains abnormally, leaving the city am...
People living in Dhaka city and other cities in Bangladesh are mostly deprived of fresh vegetables, and also have to pay higher prices for unfresh food items. Consumer rights activists, market observers and government officials concerned said that the multi-tier supply chain is mainly r...
Everyone knows that tobacco is harmful to health and the adverse impact of smoking and consumption of other tobacco products is well recognised and documented, the environmental and ecological impact of tobacco industry is often overlooked.Alongside public health, tobacco also affects the environmen...
The government is planning to amend the ‘Consumers’ Right Protection Act, 2009’ to strengthen the law with the provision of doubling the punishment. Some new sectors, including e-commerce, will be added to the law. AHM Shafiquzzaman, Director General of the Directorate of...
The 123rd birth anniversary of National Poet of Bangladesh Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed in Bangladesh, India and other parts of the world amid various programmes. The birthday of the great poet of Bengali literature is today. The government, different socio-cultural organisations and educatio...
Flash flood this season has caused colossal damage to crops on vast areas in the wetlands in the north-eastern regions of Sylhet while over 20 lakh people marooned due to the flood.The severity of the flood has been described as one of the worst since the last major flood in the region in 2004 when ...
Although Pyramid-like sales activities are prohibited in Bangladesh, pyramid marketing is still going on in the country.On the other hand, licensing system was introduced for the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) business, but hundreds of MLM companies are in operation across the country without any licen...
F ood production has outpaced population growth in Bangladesh. The country is currently third in vegetable production, while fourth in fish production and self-sufficient in poultry eggs and meat production in the world.Despite the silent revolution in food production, a large number of people in th...
The use of e-cigarette is drastically increasing in Bangladesh, causing a serious threat to public health. Use of the harmful tobacco product is particularly increasing among youths. The popularity and use of the product have now reached alarming levels due to tactical propaganda by tobacco com...
The government is moving forward to update the ‘Dhaka Building Construction Rules, 2008’ to control the population density in Dhaka and the surrounding areas. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has already prepared a draft of the proposed amended rules. If it is passed, buildings of o...
The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), established in 2014 following a High Court order, has not yet become an independent and strengthened institution although the court declared the commission as the guardian for the rivers of Bangladesh. River and environmental activists and exp...
Despite a law to control the use of tobacco and its allied products, its enforcement is not noticed as desired.The tobacco control law is being violated largely in public places – mostly in shops, cinema halls and public theatres and other platforms. In many cases, no action is taken due to a ...
Many have expressed dissatisfaction with the dissolution of 61 Zila Parishad in the country by transferring responsibility to the chief executive officers (CEOs). Some of them said that when the work of the public representatives is entrusted to the bureaucrats, the suffering of the people increases...
The results of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) polls have not yet been made public till now even over a month has elapsed, making an unprecedented event in the history of the SCBA.Meanwhile, tenure of the SCBA’s executive committee expired on March 31. According to its constitution, there...
The government is going to appoint administrators in Zila Parishads of the country as the elections were not held on time. The administrators will be appointed as per the newly amended law passed in the Parliament. The ‘Zila Parishad (Amendment) Act, 2022’ was passed in the Parliament on...
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