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ধূমপান বিধিমালা (অবিলম্বে বাস্তবায়িত হোক)
23 September 2014
বাংলাদেশের প্রায় পাঁচ কোটি মানুষ প্রত্যক্ষভাবে তামাক সেবন করে। এদের বেশির ভাগই পুরুষ। আবার অনেকেই ধোঁয়াবিহীন তামাক সেবন করেন। ধোঁয়াবিহীন তামাক সেবনকারীদের অধিকাংশই নারী। বাংলাদেশে তামাক সেবনের এ চিত্র নিঃসন্দেহে ভয়াবহ। ধোঁয়াবিহীন এবং ধোঁয়াযুক্ত তামাকসেবীদের অনেকেই জানেন না, তাদের এ তামাক সেবন শরীরের জন্য কতটা ক্ষতির কারণ হয়ে দাঁড়াতে পারে। বিশেষ করে, গ্রামের সাধারণ ও নিরক্ষর মানুষের মধ্যেই এর আধিক্য চোখে পড়ে।
Child labour in the bidi industry of Bangladesh: An investigation
17 May 2014
Among the children working in bidi industry in Bangladesh 15,000 regularly or irregularly attend school and the rest do not attend at all. The children are unaware about the health hazards or about their uncertain future for working with the bidi factories. According to the locals, the boys and girls who work in the bidi factories cannot cross the primary education boundary and the majority of them drop out when they are in the fifth grade.
CMAB– NBR ‘secret meeting’ held
15 May 2014
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has held a secret meeting with the Cigarette Manufacturers’ Association of Bangladesh (CMAB). The meeting was held on April 28, 2014 at the chamber of Golam Rahman, the NBR chairman, from 11.00am to 12.15pm at the NBR office, although it was slated to be held at the NBR conference room at 10.00am as part of the 2014-15 pre-budget discussion with the cigarette companies.
Tobacco Industry invested 30 billion takas to capture international tobacco
5 May 2014
The expansion of Tobacco cultivation in recent year is alarming. Tobacco Industry is investing enormous amount of money to capture international market and set export target of USD 1 billion, says a report published May 4, 2014 in the Daily Jugantor by one of the ATMA members Mizan Chowdhury. The tobacco industries are exploiting cheap labour, cheap production
Children exploited in tobacco fields
8 February 2014
Children of many villages of Lalmonirhat are working at tobacco plantations along with their parents who are unaware of the harmful effects of the crop.