DHAKA: A mobile court on Tuesday (Feb 26) fined chain shop Meena Bazar Tk 1.5 lakh in Dhaka for running advertisement of tobacco product.
A shop of the chains in Mohammadia Housing Society area of Mohammadpur was found carrying advertisement of Benson & Hedges cigarettes.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Zone-5 Regional Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Meer Nahid Ahsan directed the court vowing implementation of tobacco control law.
DNCC Zone-5 Health Inspector Abdul Khalek Mazumder and Dhaka Ahsania Mission representatives were present.
BDST: 2001 HRS, FEB 26, 2019
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