Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka, and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) Jointly organized a National Seminar on ‘Taxation Policy to Protect Public Health’ convened at the Bistro Hall of FARS Hotel and Restaurant on December 19, 2023
All the products in the country are sold at the maximum retail price mentioned on the packet, but the tobacco companies are not following it in the case of cigarettes and bidis.
A workshop on National Tobacco Tax Policy Outline was organized jointly by Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy and Health Economics Unit on 13 August 2023 in the meeting room of the Health Economics Unit.
Bureau of Economic Research (BER) and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly arranged the consultation meeting titled ‘Necessity of Tobacco Tax Policy for Public Health Protection’
A 3-day online training session was held for the 10th cohort on ‘Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’ from 31st December 2022 to 2nd January 2023 on the online meeting platform ‘Zoom’.
If a specific tax is imposed on all types of tobacco products it will play a major role in tobacco control besides increasing the revenue of the government as well.
To undermine the government’s efforts to reform the tobacco control act, cigarette companies are undertaking a range of misleading campaigns. There has been a considerable decline in tobacco consumption nationwide after the Cigarette Control Act was passed in 2005 and was amended in 2013.
A discussion meeting was held with journalists on ‘Specific Taxation on Tobacco Products to Protect Public Health’ on Saturday, 27 August 2022 at 11 AM in the conference room of the BNTTP secretariat office.
The government’s revenue stream will expand substantially if the specific taxation system is implemented instead of the current Ad-valorem taxation system on tobacco products.
A 3-day online training session was held for the 9th cohort on ‘Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’ from 16th to 18th August 2022 on the online meeting platform ‘Zoom’.
Bureau of Economic Research (BER), Dhaka University, and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly handed over the `National Tobacco Tax Policy 2021-2030′ on 18 May 2021 to Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem, Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR).
A workshop was jointly organized by the Health Economics Unit (HEU), Bureau of Economic Research (BER), and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) on imposing specific taxation on tobacco products to protect public health.
A webinar was jointly organized by the Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka, and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco tax Policy (BNTTP) on the outline of the ‘National Tobacco Policy’ drafted by the BER…
Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised to eliminate tobacco use completely from Bangladesh by 2040 at the South Asia Speaker’s Summit held in 2016. To achieve this goal, she urged formulate a strong tobacco tax policy.
In order to protect the public health of the country, the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to eliminate the use of tobacco in Bangladesh completely by the year 2040 at the South Asian Speakers’ Summit held in 2016.
A 3-day online training session was held for the 8th cohort on ‘Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’ from 23rd to 25th April 2022 on the online meeting platform ‘Zoom’. The training program was jointly organized by BER and BNTTP with technical and financial assistance from Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Union…
If the proposed tobacco tax is imposed to protect public health in the upcoming fiscal year, the government will earn a revenue of around BDT 39,600 crore. Which is BDT 9,200 crores more than the last financial year.
Even though all products in the markets are sold at the maximum retail price (MRP) across the country, the manufacturers are not following it in the case of cigarettes and bidis. Cigarette companies are selling cigarettes to retail sellers at MRP, and sellers are then selling cigarettes to general consumers at higher prices. Cigarettes are being sold at a much higher price than the maximum price mentioned on the packet almost everywhere. If it was possible to collect tax on the price customers have to pay in retail shops, the revenue income of the government would have been around Tk 5,000 crore in the current fiscal year.
These issues were discussed by the speakers on Wednesday 23rd February 2022 at a webinar titled ‘Tobacco Tax System, Loss of Government to the Profit of Tobacco Company’ which took place in the online meeting platform Zoom. University of Dhaka’s Bureau of Economic Research and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly organized the webinar.
Lawmakers, researchers, experts on public health and anti-tobacco activists at a discussion have said that the government must impose specific taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to protect the public health and increase the revenue income.
Bureau of Economic Research (BER), Health Economics Unit (HEU), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), and National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) jointly arranged a workshop on 30th December 2021 to discuss the draft tobacco tax policy proposal.
Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka organized a meeting with Health Economics Unit (HEU) & National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) on 14 October 2021…
Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) organized an online talk show titled ‘Tobacco Tax in FY 2021-22 Budget: Thoughts of Youth’.
Speakers at a webinar have said that it is necessary to finalise the policy to control tobacco cultivation in the interest of ensuring the health, environment and food security in the country.
In order to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040, it is important to launch a National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) this year to ensure greater participation of non-governmental organizations and youth and to strictly control tobacco companies.
Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP), Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) and AID Foundation have jointly arranged a press conference demanding specific tax on tobacco products.
According to the proposals of anti-tobacco organizations, by imposing specific tax on tobacco products the government will be able to generate additional revenue of tk 3,340 crore for the fiscal year 2021-22.
In the proposed budget without bringing any change in the price of lower and middle tier, the 10 sticks cigarette price remains same tk. 39 and tk. 63 as previous year. Moreover there are no changes in the price of biri, jorda and gul also. But, with the increase of per capita income, the inflation and price of regular essential products also increases…
Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) released a video on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.
Economic Research Bureau (BER) of Dhaka University, Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly organized a webinar on `Impact of price and tax on quitting tobacco use’ on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.
Bureau of Economic Research (BER) and the Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly organized a live talk show on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day entitled ‘The Impact of Tax Rise on Quitting Tobacco Use’…
Bureau of Economic Research (BER), Dhaka University and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) jointly organized a webinar on ‘Why it is important to impose a specific tax on tobacco products’.
Bangladesh Anti Tobacco Alliance (BATA) and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) on Tuesday (11 May 2021) demanded of the government to impose specific tax on tobacco products from the next fiscal year (FY22) instead of pursuing the existing ad valorem system.
BER and BNTTP has jointly organized a training program on the `Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’. These three days long training programs took place from April 27 to 29.
BNTTP jointly arranged a webinar with Tobacco Control and Research Cell (TCRC) and Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on `Importance of Standard Packaging Model to Protect Tobacco Tax Evasion in Bangladesh’ on 29 April 2021.
BER and BNTTP have jointly organized a training program on the `Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’.
BNTTP arranged a workshop on tax campaign for tobacco taxation on 14 March, 2021. BI grantee members attended the workshop. BER leading the campaign. This campaign will begain on 10 April 2021 and will be end on 30 june 2021.
Domestic and foreign tobacco companies are waging a massive campaign to encourage young people to use tobacco, ignoring existing laws.
Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax policy (BNTTP), Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust, and Tobacco Control & Research Cell (TCRC) jointly organized a dialogue meeting on `Tobacco Tax Policy (Draft) Brief Paper’.
Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) and Bureau of Economic Research (BER) team arranged a courtesy meeting with Md. Masood Sadiq, member of VAT policy of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on 27 December 2020.
Health experts and anti-tobacco activists at a webinar on Sunday said that there is no alternative to impose ban on electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) to save the young generation of the country from its harmful impact.
A meeting of the knowledge hub (Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy- BNTTP) arranged on 23 December 2020…
Increasing the prices and reducing the affordability of tobacco and tobacco products have been proven to be the most efficient and cost-effective instrument for controlling tobacco consumption. This way, the overall use of tobacco can be reduced and the government’s revenue can be increased manifold. Owing to the complex and defective tobacco tax system, however, […]
Almost all the jorda factories in Bangladesh are marketing jorda ignoring the budget for the fiscal year 2020-21. In addition, the budget did not affect the jorda market and vendors as per capita income and inflation did not increase the price. A recent study revealed such information…
BER and BNTTP have jointly organized a training program on the `Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’. This three days long training program took place from July 26 to 28. Unlike the previous four cohorts, the 5th cohort of the training program was conducted online because of the current pandemic situation. 21 […]
An International webinar on ‘Smokeless Tobacco Control In South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities’ was held on June 3, 2020 at 4.00 PM on the cloud-based video conferencing tool ‘Zoom’. Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP), Tabinaj and Tobacco Control and Research Cell (TCRC) jointly organized this webinar. Renowned tobacco control experts including Mr. Ashish […]
An online human chain was organised to demand a specific tax on harmful tobacco products to recover economic losses caused by corona infection and protect public health on Thursday 14 May 2020 . Hundreds of anti-tobacco organizations and common people across the country took part in this online human chain…
The webinar was jointly organised by Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA), Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP), Tobacco Control and Research Cell (TCRC) and Dhaka International University (DIU). The webinar is held via the meeting software Zoom…
A webinar on ‘Imposing Specific Tax on Tobacco Products to Recoup the Economic Losses for Coronavirus’ was held on April 27, 2020 at 11 AM on the cloud-based video conferencing tool ‘Zoom’. Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) and Bangladesh Network for Tobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) had jointly organized the webinar. The renowned political leader and Parliament […]
`The Union Grantees Meeting’ held at 9.30am at WBB trust on 08 February 2020. Asha Tandon (Regional CA of The Union), Syed Mahbubul Alam Tahin (Technical advisor of The Union), Pro. Rumana Huque (Focal person of BER) attended in this meeting. Along with other representatives of the partner organizations attended in the meetng.
Tobacco is an obstacle in all sectors of development, including health, economics and environment. (Krishi Biponana Aiyn, 2018) Agricultural Marketing Act, 2018 has enlisted tobacco as cash crop. It will help to develop and expand tobacco production and consumption…
A representative team of Bangladesh NetworkforTobacco Tax Policy (BNTTP) and Bangladesh Anti Tobacco Alliance met Dr. Md. Shahadat Hossain Mahmud, Director General of the Health Economics Unit on 9 December 2019…
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Narayanganj Md Jasim Uddin has assured the anti-tobacco activists of continuing his assistance to control the tobacco use in the future. He said that he works against tobacco and will continue his support against the tobacco use.
A view exchange meeting held on “Raising Tax on Tobacco Products and Necessary Steps” on 1 April 2019 at Dhaka University jointly organized by the Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka, and Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust in collaboration with The Union…
Opinion sharing meeting on “Exploring the compliance monitoring to the existing provisions of National Tobacco Control Law Survey -2019 on 30 March at AID foundation office. BER participated in that event.
The third batch of special training course on ‘Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspective’ started on 12 March and ended on 14 March 2019 at Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Bhabon, Milon Auditorium, Topkhana Road, Dhaka. Bureau of Economic Research(BER), University of Dhaka organized the training program in partnership with the National Tobacco […]
A discussion meeting was held on 11th March, 2019 about “Importance of forming a tobacco tax policy to protect public health’’. The event was organized by WBB Trust and held at National Press Club. BER participated in the event actively.
BER participated in a day long program on 9th March, 2019 at Rabindra Sarobar, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The Program was organized by Stop Tobacco Bangladesh.
BER participated in the workshop on IEC Materials for Tobacco Control held on 3rd March, 2019. It was organized by Non Communicable Disease Control (NCDC) Programme.
BER participated in a dissemination program on the study “Economic Cost of Tobacco Use in Bangladesh: A Health Cost Approach’’ held on 23rd February at Dhaka Club.
BER participated in the event of “Celebrating 20 Years of WBB Trust” organized by WBB Trust on 16th February, 2019.
A press conference was held on “Revenue evasion: ensure accountability of smokeless tobacco industries’’ on 29th January at the Press Club. The conference was jointly organized by nine organizations including Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka.
Non-communicable disease control (NCDC) programme, DGHS organized a half day long workshop on 27th January 2019 regarding IEC material for Tobacco control – development, update review and finalization. BER took part in the event.
A webinar on “Smokeless tobacco and taxation” was held on 21st January at 4 pm organized by the project. Around 30 persons participated in that one hour conversation. Dr. Nasiruddin Ahmed, Former Chairman of NBR and Team Leader of BIGD, Dr. Rumana Huque, Professor, Economics Department, University of Dhaka, Dr. Sohel Reza Chowdhury, Public Health […]
WBB Trust and Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance jointly organized a demonstration initiative in the demand of formulating five -year plan for controlling tobacco use. It was held on 16th January, 2019 at National Press Club.
A sharing meeting on “prepare road–map to make the country tobacco free by 2040″ was held on 09th January, 2019 (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm at the conference room of Health Economics Unit organized by NTCC. Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman khan, Additional Secretary (Public Health and World Health), Health Services Division presided over the meeting.
BER participated in a sharing meeting on “Current Situation of Tobacco Control and Future Plan” on 7th January, 2019 at BATA secretariat. The program was jointly organized by WBB Trust and BATA.
Meeting on tobacco control roadmap in Bangladesh held on 27th Dec, 2018 at NTCC.
SUPROs National Dialogue on “Tax Justice Campaign: Towards a Pro-poor and Progressive Tax System in Bangladesh’’ was held on 23rd December at CIRDAP Auditorium. BER participated in the event actively.
BER participated in the monthly coordination meeting of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on 18th December 2018 at the secretariat of BATA.
A ‘Peaceful Demonstration’ has been jointly organized by WBB Trust, AID Foundation and Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance on the demand to include tobacco control in every political party’s election manifesto. The event was held on 17th December, 2018 in front of National Press Club.
The Movie “Devi” violates TAPS law provisions since its releasing. In order to protest it, all BI partners, grantees and other tobacco control organizations organized a human chain on December 11th, 2018 at 11.00 AM in front of National Press Club. BER participated in that human chain actively.
BER attended a daylong Research Findings Dissemination conference on 10th December, 2018 at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan- 2, Dhaka. Mr. Md. Ashadul Islam, Secretary, Health Services Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare participated in the opening program of the conference as Chief Guest while Prof. Dr. A H M Enayet Hussain, Additional Director General, Directorate […]
BER participated in the inauguration program of one of SUPRO’s projects named “Efforts for Divestment of Government Shares in British American Tobacco involving CSOs and Citizen Groups” on 9th December-2018 at CBCB.
National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) organized the “Coordination Meeting” on 29.11.2018 (Thursday) at 3:00 pm at the conference room of Health Economics Unit. Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman khan, Additional Secretary (Public Health and World Health), Health Services Division presided this meeting. New Coordinator Md. Khalilur Rahman moderated the meeting. Along with representatives from other organizations, […]
As a part of monitoring, Ms. Asha Tandon, Contract Administrator, The Union along with Syed Mahbubul Alam, Technical Adviser visited the project on 28th November, 2018 at 10.30 am.
BER participated in a consultative workshop on “Identify future tobacco control research needs in Bangladesh” that was held on November 20 at BMA Bhabon Dhaka. Around 27 participants from different organizations attended the event to identify the future research needs of Bangladesh. Participants suggested many important research topics through group activities.
A webinar on `Importance of developing tax policy in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities” was held on 12th November at 3-4 pm. Around 25 persons joined the webinar. Dr. Rumana Huque welcomed all and discussed about the above issue through a presentation. She allowed participants to make questions at the end of the presentation. Participants requested […]
The second batch of special training course on ‘Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation: Public Health Perspectives’ was held on 13th- 15th November 2018 at Bureau of Economic Research (BER), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. BER organized the training program in partnership with the National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of […]
A two-day training on “Qualitative Research: Focus on Tobacco Control” was held on 16-17 October, 2018 at Ark Foundation.
BER participated in a stakeholder engagement meeting on 30th September, 2018 at 10 am at the Head Quarter of Bangladesh Scouts to discuss the implementation of TAPS ban issues.
BER participated and hosted a meeting with The Union Director Dr. Gan Quan.
Implementation of Graphic Health Warnings on Tobacco Products as per law
The ASTRA Stakeholder Workshop was held on 4th August, 2018 at the ARK Foundation
A six-day Bangladesh Tobacco Control Leadership Program was held in Cox’sBazar
