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MNA National Desk: Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a ruling Awami League MP, has pointed to the serious “conflict of interest” between the government of Bangladesh and the tobacco industries, saying that this is threatening the Prime Minister’s commitment to make the country tobacco free by 2040. He also said that he will vote ‘no’ in the upcoming budget, putting his membership at stake if tobacco control measures are not properly adopted. Chowdhury, known as an anti-tobacco champion in Bangladesh, was speaking at an annual research findings dissemination seminar of the Bangladesh Center for Communication Programme, BCCP, in Dhaka on Monday. “The ...

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