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Tobacco Control Act needs to be strengthened and enforced immediately to save the young generation
-Civil Society Representatives in a press conference by Unnayan Shamannay The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has attempted to reinforce the draft amendment of “Tobacco Control Act” with an aim to make the pledge “tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040”. In order to...
Must increase budget to reduce out-of-pocket health expenditures
-Participants in discussion on the health budget Current Health Expenditure in Bangladesh as a share of its GDP is just 2.5 percent, and this ratio is lowest in South Asia. Due to lower government allocations for the health sector, the country's out-of-pocket health...
Citizens and policymakers should work together to strengthen tobacco control law
To make tobacco-free Bangladesh as per the commitment of the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the law structure needs to be strengthened, and the factors that are encouraging the general people need to be prohibited. In continuation, Designated Smoking Areas...
The tobacco control law amendment will be supported whole-heartedly
Honorable Minister for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting- Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said that the government has initiated further strengthening of the tobacco control law to realize the honorable Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Tobacco Free Bangladesh’ by 2040. He...
Unnayan Shamannay Signed a MoU with City Bank
A Memorandum of Understanding between the City Bank Ltd. and Unnayan Shamannay has been signed on 15 November 2022. The MoU signing ceremony, held at the City Banlk Ltd. head office (Gulshan, Dhaka), marks the formal initiation of the "Knowledge Partnership for...
Identifying Necessary Research Issues related to Effective Taxation on Tobacco Products for Future Advocacy
Unnayan Shamannay is working for advocating the policymakers and bureaucrats by providing relevant evidence based on the analysis and research. As part of the research for future advocacy, Unnayan Shamannay organized a workshop with economists and scholars...
Finalizing the draft amendment to the tobacco control act is the call of the hour.
-Dr. Atiur Rahman at Unnayan Shamannay’s national dialogue Eminent economist and former governor of Bangladesh Bank- Professor Dr. Atiur Rahman has inferred that the draft prepared and publicized by the Ministry of Health and...
Tobacco tax proposals in the budget are frustrating
-Honorable Parliamentarians at Unnayan Shamannay’s post-budget discussion The honorable Members of the Parliament perceive the tobacco tax proposals in the budget for FY 2022-23 to be very frustrating. The effective tobacco taxation proposals pushed by different...
FY2022-23 Budget Allocation for Health Sector and Its Effective Implementation
An online national advocacy dialogue on ‘Budget Allocation for Health Sector and Its Effective Implementation’ jointly organized by Bangladesh Health Watch, Brac James P Grant School of Public Health, Brac University, and Unnayan Shamannay. The keynote...
Unnayan Shamannay Reaction on Proposed Budget FY 2022-23
A press conference on the proposed FY 2022-23 budget reaction was held on 11 June at Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled Conference Hall. Unnayan Shamannay's Chairperson and Eminent Economist Dr. Atiur Rahman presented the keynote on the proposed budget (FY 2022-23). Dr. Jamal...