BSS, Dhaka :
The Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday passed the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill 2020 aiming to quick disposal of narcotics related crimes.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq on behalf of Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
While placing the bill, the liberation war affairs minister said if the proposed law is to be enacted then abuse of narcotics could be controlled easily.
The Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday passed the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill 2020 aiming to quick disposal of narcotics related crimes.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq on behalf of Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
While placing the bill, the liberation war affairs minister said if the proposed law is to be enacted then abuse of narcotics could be controlled easily.
After the independence, he said, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had enacted law to curb unbridled use of the narcotics. Subsequently, after the assassination of Bangabandhu, the then governments didn’t take strict initiatives to control the brisk business of the narcotics, he added.
But the present government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, enacted narcotics control act-2018, the minister told the parliament.
The ‘Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was placed in Parliament on November 8 this year dropping the provision of setting up separate Narcotics Control Tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try narcotic-related crimes.
