Bangladesh Bioethics Society

Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) is a non government organisation concerned with bioethics in Bangladesh. BBS is working to promote ethical values, practice of ethics and morality among different stakeholders for preventing corruption, upholding human rights and promoting good governance in Bangladesh. BBS is the first academic organisation on bioethics in Bangladesh. It is a non profit, non political, multidisciplinary and voluntary organisation.

Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS)
FormationJuly 2009
TypeAcademic organisation
Registration no.S11259
FocusEthics, bioethics, human rights
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
ServicesWorkshop, courses, international conference, awareness building
MethodLobbying, publications, outreach programs
Members
300 (as of August 2014)
President
Taslima Mansoor
Vice-President
Arif Hossain
Treasurer
Sitesh C. Bachar
Secretary General
Shamima Parvin Lasker
AffiliationsUNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics, Thailand
Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs), Paris
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, US
International Society of Bioethics (SIBI), Spain
Globethics.net, Switzerland
Websitebioethics.org.bd

BBS was established in 2009 under the RUSHSAP (Regional Unit for Social and Human Science in Asia and the Pacific) UNESCO Bangkok and UNESCO Dhaka[1] and was launched by Nurul Islam Nahid, the Minister of Education, People's Republic of Bangladesh with Shamima P Lasker and Arif Hossain.

Affiliations

BBS is affiliated to:

  1. UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics, Thailand[1]
  2. Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs), Paris[2]
  3. Kennedy Institute of Ethics, US[3]
  4. International Society of Bioethics (SIBI), Spain[4]
  5. Globethics.net, Switzerland[5]

Committees

Executive Committee (2014–2016)
PositionNameDesignationInstitute
PresidentTaslima MonsoorProfessor & Dean, Faculty of LawUniversity of Dhaka
Vice presidentsArif HossainCourse Coordinator & Mentor, Dept. of Human Rights

Director

Associate Editor		Etrat University, Iran

EBCI Group

Friday Review, Dhaka
Vice presidentsWardatul AkmamDepartment of SociologyUniversity of Rajshahi
General SecretaryShamima P LaskerProf & Head of AnatomyCity Dental College
Joint SecretaryAlamgir KabirDirector, AK & Associate & MemberBangladesh Bar Council
TreasurerSitesh C. BacharProfessor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of Dhaka
Publication SecretaryMrs. Tahera AhmedAsst Representative, UNFPA (Rtd.)UNFPA, Bangladesh
Publicity SecretaryMd Humayun Kabir TalukderProfessor & Course CoordinatorCentre for Medical Education, Dhaka
MemberHosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, MPBangladesh Supreme Court & Judge CourtRangpur
MemberMd Aynal HaqueProfessor and Director, Biomedical Engineering CentreBUET
MemberRowshan AraDept of PhilosophyDhaka University
MemberBadruddozaChairman & Director, City Dental CollegeCity Dental College
MemberKamal HossainDeputy SecretaryUGC
MemberNoor E ParvinAssociate Professor of ZoologyDhaka College
MemberAshraf AliPresidentTaposhi Bangla Community Health Care & Social Work Organization
MemberMA ShakoorAssociate Professor, Department of Physical MedicineBSMMU
MemberIffat AraRtd.
MemberMajor (Rtd.) Zia Uddin AhmeDirectorDMHLtd
MemberZubayerLecturer of AnatomyGreenlife Medical College, Dhaka
MemberMehdi ImamURBIS, Coordinator in Dhaka,Centre for Urban Studies (CUS), Dhaka.
Student RepresentativeFarin Binte Rahman4th year BDS StudentCity Dental College, Dhaka.

Advisory Committee
NameDesignationInstitute
Darryl MacerProfessor of Bioethics and Biomedicine

AUSN Former Regional Advisor

Director & Provost
AUSN, US


UNESCO, Bangkok
Malama MaleiseaDirector Centre for Samoan Studies

Former Director		National University of Samoa

UNESCO, Dhaka.
Nazrul IslamChairman

Former chairman		Centre for Urban Studies

UGC
Habbibullah MajumderSecretary

Former Secretary		Consultant IMED

Ministry of Planning
Selina HossainChairman

Bengali fiction writer, essayist and editor		Bangladesh Shisu Academy
M A MannanPediatrician

Former chairman		BMRC.
IftekharuzzamanExecutive DirectorTIB
Shah Md Keramat AliProfessor & Head of Public HealthDaffodil University
Ahmed NeazDept of EconomicsAIUB
Shamima ChoudhuryDept of PhysicsDhaka University
Shelina Afroze PhDAdditional DirectorHSTTI, Rajshahi
Parvin SultanaGender and Energy Network Bangladesh

Journal

Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics (BJB) is the official Journal of the BBS, first published in 2010. BJB has both print and internet version edition journal and published quarterly.

The journal is indexed by NLB, Index Copernicus, DOAJ and Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), WHO IMSEAR, Bangljol of INASP and Drij.

BJB is being published regularly in different international publishing house.

  1. BanglaJOL[6]
  2. Hinary (WHO/OMS Extranet service)[7]

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

  1. Georgetown University Law Library, US[3]
  2. Globethics.net, Switzerland[2]
  3. Universe Digital Library (UDL), Malaysia
  4. Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
  5. World Medical Journal Editors (WAME)

References
  1. "List of UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics Members by Country". UNESCO Office in Bangkok. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  2. http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO2
  3. "Georgetown Bioethics Library | Bioethics Organizations Advanced Search". bioethics.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. "Associates". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. "Search organizations - Globethics.net". www.globethics.net. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. "Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics". www.banglajol.info. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. "WHO | Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative". extranet.who.int. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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