Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)

How are electrolyte drinks regulated in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has recently sued the owners of seven companies for selling five popular brands of electrolyte drink without necessary approvals.

'Blacklist producers of adulterated goods'

Industries minister says at event to observe World Metrology Day

BSTI to run countrywide drives during Ramadan

Police and RAB will cooperate in the mobile court drives

BSTI certification made mandatory for 10 new products

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has included 10 new products in the list which now need mandatory certification from the national standards body.

BSTI proposes import of downgraded petrol, ignoring its own standard set nine years ago

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has proposed allowing the import of downgraded petrol ignoring its own standard set nine years ago.

BSTI bans 43 products of different brands

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) bans 43 products of different brands, including some well-known and regional ones.

Start drive against illegal rod manufacturers soon: Minister to BSTI

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun directs Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to start drive against illegal and substandard rod manufacturing factories soon.

BSTI to submit test reports on pasteurised milk Sunday

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) will submit four separate reports on pasteurised milk, produced by 14 companies, before the High Court on Sunday, its lawyer has said.

Test pasteurised milk at four labs

Amid a controversy over laboratory test reports on milk, the High Court yesterday directed Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution to test pasteurised milk, produced by 14 companies, at four laboratories within a week.

December 22, 2018
December 22, 2018

J&J Baby Powder: BSTI to collect samples for asbestos test

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.

June 3, 2018
June 3, 2018

4 jailed for packaging expired food items

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

May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018

Sweetmeat producer ‘Rosh’ fined for unhealthy environment

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

May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018

BSTI law to be revised with provisions of harsher punishment

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

May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018

Form body to examine pasteurised milk: HC

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.

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