September 19, 2021 - TheStatement24

A meeting was held at noon on September 19 in the conference room of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to disseminate the results of the study on e-cigarette use conducted on University students of Dhaka city. The meeting was jointly organized by the National Tobacco Control Cell, Department of Health Services, MoHFW and Dhaka Ahsania Mission in collaboration with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK). The meeting was chaired by Kazi Jebunnesa Begum, Additional Secretary (World Health) and the chief guest was Lokman Hossain Mia, Senior Secretary of Health Services. Lokman Hossain Mia, senior secretary of the health services department, said the health ministry has already taken some steps, such as a draft roadmap to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh. Hopefully, further ini...

Mehedi Mamun, JU correspondent Eminent economist Anu Muhammad conducted the fourth symbolic protest class on Thursday noon at Jahangirnagar University demanding the reopening of the university by September 30. Anu Muhammad, a professor of the JU economics department, conducted the class on ‘The role of education and health sector in the development of Bangladesh’ at the gallery room of the social science faculty of the university. While addressing the students, professor Anu Muhammad said, ‘The fate of public institutions, like public hospitals, schools, and universities are going off their inception prospect. People started looking up quality services from private sectors for this reason.’ ‘The public sectors management bodies across the country are providing more intere...

Day: September 19, 2021

The necessary initiative will be taken to ban e-cigarettes: Health Secretary

Anu Muhammad takes symbolic class demanding reopening of the university