Forum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh (FExB), a network of media rights defenders in Bangladesh is shocked to know that the award-winning investigative journalist Rozina Islam has been refused bail on trumped-up charges under colonial-era Official Secrets Act, 1923. FExB strongly protests that the Ministry of Health and Family filed false cases, illegal confinement, unauthorised…
Month: May 2021
FExB, a network of media rights organisations in Bangladesh, in the strongest words protested the arbitrary arrests of Rozina Islam, senior reporter of a popular newspaper Prothom Alo for ‘breaching’ Official Secrets Act. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alleged that she has been charged for “theft” of “important” official documents from a government…
Planning minister
CoverageThe government needs to increase price of tobacco products by imposing tax in the upcoming national budget to contain its use, said speakers at an online discussion yesterday. Besides, rigorous awareness campaign on the danger of tobacco use and banning its cultivation and production are required to control its use among the country’s adult population,…
Non-government Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE) on 9 May proposed that the government reform the ad valorem-based taxation on tobacco products by introducing a uniform tax burden on all cigarettes. According to the proposal, the excise share would be 65 per cent of retail price of all cigarettes, instead of 57 per cent…
They added that the move will help 8 lakh young people to never start smoking, encourage 11 lakh adults to give up this harmful habit, and boost government’s revenue The government must impose specific tax on all tobacco products to make them difficult to afford for the sake of public health, experts said on Sunday….
Tobacco Tax
BlogsSpeakers at a webinar Sunday demanded specific imposition of tax on all tobacco products to make it unaffordable for the sake of public health. They made the demand at a webinar titled “The necessity of increasing tobacco tax to save public health prior to budget”, organised by human rights and research organisation VOICE. Planning Minister…
Information as a public good
CoverageJournalists, rights activists, and civil society representatives urged the government to take effective steps to ensure freedom of the press. Speaking at a webinar, the distinguished speakers called for the unconditional elimination of all limitations on the media and enable a free press environment. In observance of the World Press Freedom Day, the webinar titled…