City Desk
Bangladesh Christian Association
A human chain organised by Bangladesh Christian Association was held in front of the Jatiya Press Club. In the programme the speakers demanded exemplary punishment to those involved in killing some people of indigenous community at Gobindaganj in Gaibandha district. They also bitterly criticized the heinous attack on Hindu people at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbaria district. The leaders of the association called upon all to be united to resist these heinous crimes. They also urged the government to take necessary measures for ensuring security of the religious minorities.
IBA Communication Club
A press conference organised by IBA Communication Club (IBACC) was held at the IBA Conference Room of Dhaka University on Thursday. In the conference IBACC announced the Brandwitz’16. Prof Dr. A. K. M. Saiful Majid, Director of BBA programme, IBA and K. M. Masudur Rahman, Executive Director, Noman Group were present at the programme, among others. The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University announced the biggest competition where business students from across the country would showcase their talents in the field of marketing. This year, IBACC will be conducting the roadshows in various universities across Bangladesh for Brandwitz’16 where the students will learn about Brandwitz ’16 and will be invited officially to participate and be a part of the knowledge sharing platform where each of them can learn something from the other. Each team in Brandwitz must have four members with one member as the team leader. The online preliminary round will begin on November 17 when a case will be posted on the Brandwitz website. The competition’s registration will be done through this online case solving round.
Canadian Cancer Society
The Canadian cancer society has published its 5th edition – Cigarette Package Health Warnings: International Status Report, 2016 recently. Bangladesh is ranked 57 on the latest edition while the fourth edition (published in 2014), ranked Bangladesh as 110. The latest report ranks 205 countries where 152 of them are implementing the Health Warning (HW) on tobacco packs. Besides, 105 of them have made Graphical Health Warning (GHW) implementation mandatory on tobacco packets. In Bangladesh, the graphical warning is available on both sides of tobacco packs occupying 50 percent of the pack spaces. Nepal and Vanuatu has jointly ranked first position, and both of the states have implemented GHW covering 90 percent space of tobacco packets, while India and Thailand is ranked third jointly with 85 percent GHW on tobacco packets.
Though Bangladesh has stepped ahead in consideration of overall scenarios, it has long way to go comparing the South-East Asian countries, especially Nepal, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Notably, Bangladesh made GHW implementation, like colored image and warning on damages caused by tobacco use, compulsory covering 50 percent space of tobacco packets since March 19, 2016. However, largely the implementation scenario is poor. A recent study reveals 75 percent tobacco packets come with no GHW on them despite the GHW being an effective measure to discourage tobacco users in consuming it. In fact, the importance of GHW in Bangladesh is more as a substantial number of its population is illiterate, says a press release.
