The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has collected samples of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from the domestic market to test if there is any presence of cancer-causing asbestos in the celebrated product, said an official yesterday.

BSTI will collect and test samples of Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder for asbestos in a couple of days after a Reuters report last Friday that the firm knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product.

A mobile court sentences four persons to imprisonment for two years each for selling and storing expired food items at Lalbagh in Old Dhaka.

A mobile court today fines sweetmeat producer “Rosh” for unhealthy production environment in the factory in Demra area of Dhaka.

The Cabinet approved the draft of "The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Act, 2018" incorporating provisions of harsher punishment in the existing law.

The High Court directs the government to form an expert committee to examine the pasteurised milk in the market and to submit a report before this court in a month.