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.
| Formation | July 2009 |
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| Type | Academic organisation |
| Registration no. | S11259 |
| Focus | Ethics, bioethics, human rights |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Services | Workshop, courses, international conference, awareness building |
| Method | Lobbying, publications, outreach programs |
Members | 300 (as of August 2014) |
President | Prof. Taslima Mansoor |
Vice-President | Dr. Arif Hossain |
Treasurer | Dr. Sitesh C. Bachar |
Secretary General | Prof. Shamima Parvin Lasker |
| Affiliations | UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics, Thailand Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs), Paris Kennedy Institute of Ethics, USA International Society of Bioethics (SIBI), Spain Globethics.net, Switzerland |
| Website | bioethics |
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 Prof. Shamima P Lasker and Dr. Arif Hossain.
Affiliations
BBS is affiliated to:
BBS Committees
Executive Committee of BBS (2014–2016)
| Position | Name | Designation | Institute |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Prof Taslima Monsoor | Professor & Dean, Faculty of Law | University of Dhaka |
| Vice presidents | Dr Arif Hossain | Course Coordinator & Mentor, Dept. of Human Rights Director Associate Editor | Etrat University, Iran EBCI Group Friday Review, Dhaka |
| Vice presidents | Prof Wardatul Akmam | Department of Sociology | University of Rajshahi |
| General Secretary | Prof Shamima P Lasker | Prof & Head of Anatomy | City Dental College |
| Joint Secretary | Adv Alamgir Kabir | Director, AK & Associate & Member | Bangladesh Bar Council |
| Treasurer | Dr Sitesh C. Bachar | Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical Technology | University of Dhaka |
| Publication Secretary | Mrs. Tahera Ahmed | Asst Representative, UNFPA (Rtd.) | UNFPA, Bangladesh |
| Publicity Secretary | Dr Md Humayun Kabir Talukder | Professor & Course Coordinator | Centre for Medical Education, Dhaka |
| Member | Adv Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, MP | Bangladesh Supreme Court & Judge Court | Rangpur |
| Member | Prof Md Aynal Haque | Professor and director, Biomedical Engineering Centre | BUET |
| Member | Prof Rowshan Ara | Dept of Philosophy | Dhaka University |
| Member | Dr. Badruddoza | Chairman & Director, City Dental College | City Dental College |
| Member | Mr. Kamal Hossain | Deputy Secretary | UGC |
| Member | Dr Noor E Parvin | Associate Professor of Zoology | Dhaka College |
| Member | Dr Ashraf Ali | President | Taposhi Bangla Community Health Care & Social Work Organization |
| Member | Dr MA Shakoor | Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine | BSMMU |
| Member | Dr Iffat Ara | Rtd. | |
| Member | Major (Rtd.) Zia Uddin Ahme | Director | DMHLtd |
| Member | Dr Zubayer | Lecturer of Anatomy | Greenlife Medical College, Dhaka |
| Member | Mehdi Imam | URBIS, Coordinator in Dhaka, | Centre for Urban Studies (CUS), Dhaka. |
| Student Representative | Farin Binte Rahman | 4th year BDS Student | City Dental College, Dhaka. |
Advisory Committee of BBS
| Name | Designation | Institute |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Darryl Macer | Professor of Bioethics and Biomedicine AUSN Former Regional Advisor Director & Provost | AUSN, USA UNESCO, Bangkok |
| Dr Malama Maleisea | Director Centre for Samoan Studies Former Director | National University of Samoa UNESCO, Dhaka. |
| Prof. Nazrul Islam | Chairman Former chairman | Centre for Urban Studies UGC |
| Habbibullah Majumder | Secretary Former Secretary | Consultant IMED Ministry of Planning |
| Selina Hossain | Chairman Bengali fiction writer, essayist and editor | Bangladesh Shisu Academy |
| Prof M A Mannan | Pediatrician Former chairman | BMRC. |
| Iftekharuzzaman | Executive Director | TIB |
| Dr Shah Md Keramat Ali | Professor & Head of Public Health | Daffodil University |
| Prof. Ahmed Neaz | Dept of Economics | AIUB |
| Prof. Shamima Choudhury | Dept of Physics | Dhaka University |
| Shelina Afroze PhD | Additional Director | HSTTI, Rajshahi |
| Parvin Sultana | Gender 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.
- BanglaJOL[7]
- Hinary (WHO/OMS Extranet service)[8]
- Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Georgetown University Law Library, USA[9]
- Globethics.net, Switzerland[10]
- Universe Digital Library (UDL), Malaysia
- Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
- World Medical Journal Editors (WAME)
References
- http://www.unescobkk.org/rushsap/asia-pacific-region/networks/country-list-of-unesco-asia-pacific-school-of-ethics/
- "UNESCO Office in Bangkok: Country list of UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics". www.unescobkk.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO2
- "Georgetown Bioethics Library | Bioethics Organizations Advanced Search". bioethics.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Search organizations - Globethics.net". www.globethics.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics". www.banglajol.info. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "WHO | Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative". extranet.who.int. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Georgetown Bioethics Library | Bioethics Organizations Advanced Search". bioethics.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO2
External links
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