, Sept. 9 -- Adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Nurjahan Begum on Tuesday emphasised that there is no alternative to the swift passage of the proposed amendment if Bangladesh is to achieve its goal of becoming tobacco-free.

She said this at a seminar held by Development Organisation of the Rural Poor-DORP at CIRDAP auditorium here.

The seminar began with a welcome address by A.H.M. Noman, Founder and Chief Executive of DORP, followed by a keynote presentation by Mohammad Zobair Hasan, Deputy Executive Director of DORP, said a press release.

In his paper, Hasan highlighted six major proposals included in the draft amendment prepared by the Health Services Division in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Co...