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No quality test for imported bitumen! Staff Correspondent 17th May, 2021 10:42:29 In absence of proper testing of imported bitumen, low-quality bitumen is entering the country and consequently being used in road construction.  It has been learnt that imported bitumen is entering the country without any certification and approval from Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Bangladesh is mostly dependent on imported bitumen. The country imports 80 per cent of its total bitumen demand...

Double whammy for city dwellers 28th April, 2021 12:54:15 City dwellers are now beset with two problems -- they are enduring a mosquito menace on the one hand and facing health risk from substandard mosquito coils on the other hand. The market is now flooded with low-quality mosquito coils for lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Mosquito coils are being manufactured illegally in many unauthorised factories that were set up in different parts of the country, including the capital. Unscrupulous traders are releasing coils produced using excessive chemicals in the market. The...

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided three factories in Dhaka's Keraniganj area and destroyed fake and substandard cosmetics worth Tk 10 lakh. The court also fined the factories Tk 13.75 lakh, a press release of Rab-2, signed by Md Abdullah Al Mamun, assistant superintendent of police and Rab's assistant director (media), said. The elite force seized some

Don’t advertise carbonated beverage as energy drink: BSTI BSS, Dhaka BSS, Dhaka The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has called on all electronic and print media and manufacturers to refrain from misleading advertisement on carbonated beverages. They recently issued a letter about this, said a press release today. According to the letter, carbonated beverages are authorised products of BSTI but products such as 'Energy Drinks' are not a mandated BSTI product. Bangladesh Standards (BDS) has not been formulated on energy drinks ...

She also mentioned that a central food testing laboratory is being set up. The issue of food safety has received significant attention in recent times -- the High Court Division, in the recent years, has issued orders to relevant stakeholders directing them to take stringent actions against food adulteration. Mobile courts have been particularly active in this regard and have been seen to conduct inspections of restaurants and stores. The government also has in place the Food Safety Act of 2013 under which complaints may be made to the Food Court regarding violation of the provisions of the a...