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Capacity Building Program on counter hate speech and spread of misinformation

VOICE organized a two-day long capacity building workshop on ‘Counter hate speech and spread of Misinformation’ which was attened by the youth activists including students, journalists, social activists, women and minority activists, netizens, young artists, writers, bloggers, photographers, cultural activists. The objective was to build a unique online platform to counter hate speech and spread…

Anti-tobacco organisation protests allowing Asia Tobacco to invest in EPZs

An anti-tobacco campaign and rights organisation Thursday protested the government’s move to allow Asia Tobacco (Pvt) to invest in an export processing zone. Asian Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to establish a modern cigarettes and tobacco processing plant in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone with an investment of…