Consumers Association of
Bangladesh (CAB) today called upon the government to make effective the
Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009 and Safe Food Act-2013 as early as
possible in the country to protect the public health.
It also emphasized on curbing the prices of essential commodities and strengthening the anti-adulteration drives in the country.
CAB made the call to the government at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at its office on Saturday in the city, said a press release.
CAB chairman Ghulam Rahman chaired the meeting while general secretary Advocate Humayyun Kabir Bhuiyan placed its detailed work and Treasurer Abdus Sattar gave financial statement of the last two years.
The AGM also elected its nine-member executive body for the next two years (2015-17).
Ghulam Rahman, former chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), has been reelected CAB chairman while Advocate Humayyun Kabir Bhuiyan as general secretary.
Other office bearers are, Treasurer- Abdus Sattar and members - Captain (retd) Khandker Habib-e-Rabbani, S M Nazer Hossain, Iqbal Masud, M Mosabber Hossain and Dr Shahnewaz Chowdhury.
It also emphasized on curbing the prices of essential commodities and strengthening the anti-adulteration drives in the country.
CAB made the call to the government at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at its office on Saturday in the city, said a press release.
CAB chairman Ghulam Rahman chaired the meeting while general secretary Advocate Humayyun Kabir Bhuiyan placed its detailed work and Treasurer Abdus Sattar gave financial statement of the last two years.
The AGM also elected its nine-member executive body for the next two years (2015-17).
Ghulam Rahman, former chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), has been reelected CAB chairman while Advocate Humayyun Kabir Bhuiyan as general secretary.
Other office bearers are, Treasurer- Abdus Sattar and members - Captain (retd) Khandker Habib-e-Rabbani, S M Nazer Hossain, Iqbal Masud, M Mosabber Hossain and Dr Shahnewaz Chowdhury.
---(BSS) DHAKA, March 15, 2015 -
