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Bangladesh Bioethics Society

Education Minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, MP
UNESCO Ethics Workshop in March 2009

Mahbubey Alam, Attorney General
UNESCO Ethics Workshop in March 2009

Malama Meleisa Director, UNESCO Dhaka
At UNESCO Ethics Workshop 2009  

 Darryl Macer, Regional Advisor, UNESCO,
stBangkok at 1  International Conf Conference 2010

Prof  AAMS Arefin Siddique,VC, DU at
st1  International Conference, March 2010  

Architect Yeafesh Osman, State Minister, S&ICT 
at a  Month Long Bioethics course, August 2010

Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali, Health Advisor
at Seminar of Bioethics, May 2011

Benazir Ahmed BPM (Bar),Commissioner, 
DMP at Road Safety Programme, June 2013

Obaidul Quader, Minister of Communication
Road Safety Programme, June 2013                               

Hasanul Haq Inu, Minister of Information
at Award Ceremony, June 2014

Selina Hossain, Bengali writer, at Human Rights training programme September, 2011

Bioethics PhD & Master holders from BBS    

Prof Nazrul Islam, Chairman, UGC, at a Month Long Bioethics Course, June 2010.

Bioethics course of NIH, USA conducted by BBS through Video Conference

International Bioethics Seminar at National Heart Foundation in 2018

Research Methodology Training Course of BBS

Human Rights & Boiethics Training Course of BBS for Undergraduate Students

Ethics Review Committee of BBS



Over View
Under auspices of Regional Unit for Social and Human Science in Asia 
and the Pacific (RUSHSAP), UNESCO, Bangkok and UNESCO Dhaka, 
Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) was founded in 2009. Due to 
gradual development of science and technology, citizens of Bangladesh 
are stepping forward with many positive hopes and dreams. The country 
is rapidly turning from the agro-based rural society to urban society. Due 
to lack of proper education along with these developments, people are 
somewhat confused about what is wrong and what is right. Moreover, for 
the advancement of sciences and technology people are facing dilemma 
for ethical issues arising from medicine, biotechnology, environment and 
social life as a whole. In consideration of these, the country demands an 
urgent need for implementation of bioethics principles for social 
development. Therefore, BBS was established with the initiative of Prof. 
Shamima P Lasker and Dr Arif Hossain launched by HE Nurul Islam 
Nahid, Minister for Education and Primary & Mass Education, People 
Republic of Bangladesh to create awareness, promote knowledge and 
skills of bioethics in personal and social life, and encourage teaching and 
research in bioethics. 

BBS is a non profit, non political, multi-disciplinary and voluntary 
organization. It is the first and only Society in bioethics in Bangladesh. 

Vision
Moral upbringing of citizens for sustainable development of Bangladesh.

Mission
To bring community people to think rationally about the critical issues and 
balance the risks & benefits in their choices and decisions for peace, 
human rights, tolerance and democratic governance.

Goals
Ethically enlightened citizen in all strata of society regardless to poor- 
rich, cast and creed. 

Objectives
1.  uphold the value of free, open and reasoned discussion of issues in 

bioethics;

2. disseminate the ideas and results of bioethics research through 
popular lectures, public awareness programme and publications; 

3.  teach bioethics in Bangladesh at all level;

4. promote and organize lectures, seminars, workshops and national & 
international conferences in bioethics; 

5.  establish network with regional and global organization of bioethics

6.  facilitate the government policy in bioethics.

Journal
Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics (BJB) is an official journal of 
Bangladesh Bioethics Society. Journal published quarterly. BJB 
promotes multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary study in the field of ethics 
in medicine, science, social science, law, education and policy studies.

Journal is indexed by NCBI, USA Bangljol of INASP, UK; DOAJ; Islamic 

World Scientific Citation, ISC, Iran; Index Medicus for South-East Asia 
Region IMSEAR, WHO and  Drij. It is regularly published by Hinary, 
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (WHO/OMS), 
Global ethics.net, Georgetown University Law Library, World Medical 
Journal Editors (WAME), UDL thesis & Bangljol

Affiliations
l UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics

l Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs), Paris  

l Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University, a part of the 
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, USA.

l International Society of Bioethics (SIBI), Spain.

l Global ethics.net

Collaborators of BBS

Government of Bangladesh:
l University Grants Commission, Bangladesh

l National Commission for UNESCO (BNCU), Ministry of Education

l Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health & 
Family Welfare

l National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

l National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD) 

l Social Science Research Council, Ministry of Planning

l National Academy for Education Management (NAEM), Ministry of 
Education

l Department of Epidemiology, NIPSOM, Mohakhali, Dhaka

l Bangladesh Police (Highway Range)

l Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC)

l Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

l Press Institute of Bangladesh

Foreign Organizations:
l UNESCO Dhaka

l Regional Unit of Social and Human Science in Asia and the  
 pacific (RUSHSAP), UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand

l National Institute of Health (NIH), USA

l American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN)

Activities
l MOU with American University of the Sovereign Nations, USA to send 

Members of BBS for Master's of Bioethics & Global Public Health 
(MBGPH) and Master's of Public Health (MPH) with scholarship.

l Collaboration with NHI, USA for 3 months course on Ethical and 
Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research.

l Short Course on Research with Human.

l Send Members regularly in different international conferences abroad 
from 2009 to develop human resource e.g. USA, Thailand, China,

 Singapore, Iran. Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Turkey, India etc.

l Organize courses/seminars/workshops to familiarize the idea of bioethics 
& Research Methodology

l Encourage research on bioethics issues in Bangladesh since 2009.

l Youth Leadership Training Workshop for undergraduate Students to 
uphold Human Rights. 

l Art/Picture Competition on Bioethics for undergraduate & Post 
graduate students.

l Involvement in government policy e.g. Education Policy.

l Road Safety Programme.

l Ethics Review Committee. 

Membership
Membership Benefits: 
l Leadership Opportunities: Hold position in Executive committee / 

Subcommittee of BBS.

l Voting right: Right to vote in BBS election. 

l Be listed in and access online BBS Members directory. 

l Networking: Access to attend bioethical meetings/ conferences/ 
seminars/workshops in county and abroad. 

l Access to attend in research / training in bioethics. 

l Access to attend Annual General Meeting 

l Free Journal Subscription.

l Receive the Societies Newsletters and society's activities news.

Membership Fees: 
Life Member    : TK 5,000

General Member    : Tk 500 per year 

Student Member    : Tk 300 per year 

International Life Member  : US$ 100

International General Member : US$ 10

Subscription option: Membership fees are payable at any time in the 
year by cash to Treasurer of BBS or by TT at 

Bangladesh Bioethics Society
Janata Bank Ltd.
Dhaka Sheraton Hotel & Corporate Branch
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ac/No: 0100005693904
SWIFT: JANBBDDH

Prof. Dr. Md. Humayun Kabir Talukder
Publicity Secretary, 

Bangladesh Bioethics Society 
hktalukder@yahoo.comEmail: 

Cell: 01711534774

Prof Shamima Parvin Lasker
Secretary General,BBS
1085/1 Malibagh 
Chowdhury Para, Dhaka-1219
Mobile: 01712522627, 
Email: splasker04@yahoo.com
Website: www.bioethics.org.bd

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