Dhaka, July 4 -- A mobile court was part of a drive in the Dhaka North City Corporation, Zone-5 on 3rd July, Wednesday. Three local restaurants at around Shyamoli bus stand area were fined for not having no-smoking signage, in line with the section-7 of the tobacco control law.

The mobile court was operated under the supervision of Area Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Mir Nahid Ahsan around Shyamoli bus stand area and near Mohammadpur Bihari Camp, to assess the level of compliance on the ground with the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Law.

According to the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act-2005, section 5 - all promotions at the points of sales of tobacco product are prohibited. However, the tobacco industries have ...