The government, by one side, is implementing tobacco control law and imposing higher taxes on tobacco products to prevent harms and deaths from tobacco use, and on the other side, it is encouraging death-marketers by conferring different prestigious awards – which testify the double-facing roles of the government in tobacco control issues.
It is interesting to note that BATB very recently (December 2014 ) received another prestigious award ‘ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence-2013’. Public health is on top and it is government’s liability to safeguard the people. Such indirect promotional activities should be stopped for the betterment of public health.
Please see the detail reports
https://unb.com.bd/print/batb-award#sthash.PoSTBdLY.dpuf
https://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/01/22/77116