This incident, under the guise of moral policing, is yet another example of the deteriorating state of women’s rights and safety in Bangladesh.

Double standard is deeply rooted in subcontinental gender norms, cultural expectations and moral policing.

Jewel Rana, additional deputy commissioner of Mohammadpur zone, said the women were escorted to Mohammadpur Police Station for their safety

Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila Sunjit Kumar Chanda has apologised for harassing a doctor who asked him not to smoke on train.

Dhaka University authorities declare its administrative buildings and others important places on the campus as a smoking-free zone.

People, exposed to passive smoking, now can be free of danger using a new air-cleaning filter that can prevent all the harmful smoke substances in a room - where ten people are simultaneously smoking - in less than an hour, researchers say.

Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law.