Public smoking

International Women's Day: The grim truth behind the Lalmatia GBV case

This incident, under the guise of moral policing, is yet another example of the deteriorating state of women’s rights and safety in Bangladesh.

Reaction / Is smoking the problem, or that women are doing it?

Double standard is deeply rooted in subcontinental gender norms, cultural expectations and moral policing.

Two women taken to custody for ‘smoking in public’

Jewel Rana, additional deputy commissioner of Mohammadpur zone, said the women were escorted to Mohammadpur Police Station for their safety

SMOKING ON TRAIN / AC apologises for harassing doctor

Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila Sunjit Kumar Chanda has apologised for harassing a doctor who asked him not to smoke on train.

DU buildings declared smoking-free zone

Dhaka University authorities declare its administrative buildings and others important places on the campus as a smoking-free zone.

A solution to get rid of passive smoking

People, exposed to passive smoking, now can be free of danger using a new air-cleaning filter that can prevent all the harmful smoke substances in a room - where ten people are simultaneously smoking - in less than an hour, researchers say.

Beijing bans smoking in public

Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law.

March 8, 2025
March 8, 2025

International Women's Day: The grim truth behind the Lalmatia GBV case

This incident, under the guise of moral policing, is yet another example of the deteriorating state of women’s rights and safety in Bangladesh.

March 4, 2025
March 4, 2025

Is smoking the problem, or that women are doing it?

Double standard is deeply rooted in subcontinental gender norms, cultural expectations and moral policing.

March 2, 2025
March 2, 2025

Two women taken to custody for ‘smoking in public’

Jewel Rana, additional deputy commissioner of Mohammadpur zone, said the women were escorted to Mohammadpur Police Station for their safety

July 7, 2019
July 7, 2019

AC apologises for harassing doctor

Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila Sunjit Kumar Chanda has apologised for harassing a doctor who asked him not to smoke on train.

April 5, 2016
April 5, 2016

DU buildings declared smoking-free zone

Dhaka University authorities declare its administrative buildings and others important places on the campus as a smoking-free zone.

July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015

A solution to get rid of passive smoking

People, exposed to passive smoking, now can be free of danger using a new air-cleaning filter that can prevent all the harmful smoke substances in a room - where ten people are simultaneously smoking - in less than an hour, researchers say.

June 1, 2015
June 1, 2015

Beijing bans smoking in public

Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law.