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BATB’s Iftar Party

Multinational tobacco company British American Tobacco Bangladesh recently organized an iftar party in a lavish hotel of the capital. Member of parliament, influential politicians and high officials of the government attended the party with the managing director of BATB. The arrangement of such an event ahead of the declaration of national budget and the participation of policymakers in the event has raised some questions. The Honorable Prime Minister has declared her commitment to build a tobacco-free country by 2040. But the spontaneous participation of policymakers in the iftar party organized by BATB put the govt.’s sincerity to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh into question.