Bangladesh, Sept. 26 -- Although in 2018, the Department of Narcotic Control (DNC) in Bangladesh had sent a proposal to the government with the request of including shisha as a drug in the law as its addiction among the young generation has been increasing at an alarming level, there is visibly no initiative yet in taking action against the existing shisha bars and lounges in various cities and towns in the country. Earlier, a High Court division bench had passed an order asking the authorities concerned to take legal measures to stop the menace of shisha smoking.

A probe-body formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs had collected eight samples from different shisha lounges at Dhaka's Gulshan area and found the presence of cannabis in five...