Jump to full article: bdnews24.com (bd), 2010-09-06
Intro: A Bandarban court has upheld a previous injunction on tobacco production in the district.
Joint judge Mohammad Shamsuddin Khaled issued the order on Sunday and set Oct 18 for the next hearing.
The court served the injunction on Aug 18 and asked 22 persons, including the deputy commissioner, seven Upazila Nirbahee Officers (UNO), police chiefs, Bandarban and Lama forest officers and agriculture officers and British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka Tobacco Company and Abul Khair Tobacco Company to explain within seven days why tobacco furnaces and warehouses should not be relocated. . . .
The court issued the order following a public interest litigation filed by two local journalists--Bangla daily 'Amader Shomoy's Bandarban correspondent Alauddin Shahriar and the district Press Club's general secretary Zafar Iqbal on Aug 18.
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