Bangladesh Bioethics Society

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
Prof. Taslima Mansoor
Vice-President
Dr. Arif Hossain
Treasurer
Dr. Sitesh C. Bachar
Secretary General
Prof. Shamima Parvin Lasker
AffiliationsUNESCO 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
Websitebioethics.org.bd

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.

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:

  1. UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics, Thailand[2]
  2. Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs), Paris[3]
  3. Kennedy Institute of Ethics, USA[4]
  4. International Society of Bioethics (SIBI), Spain[5]
  5. Globethics.net, Switzerland[6]

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.

  1. BanglaJOL[7]
  2. Hinary (WHO/OMS Extranet service)[8]
  3. Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  4. Georgetown University Law Library, USA[9]
  5. Globethics.net, Switzerland[10]
  6. Universe Digital Library (UDL), Malaysia
  7. Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
  8. World Medical Journal Editors (WAME)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.unescobkk.org/rushsap/asia-pacific-region/networks/country-list-of-unesco-asia-pacific-school-of-ethics/
  2. ^ "UNESCO Office in Bangkok: Country list of UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics". www.unescobkk.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO2
  4. ^ "Georgetown Bioethics Library | Bioethics Organizations Advanced Search". bioethics.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Search organizations - Globethics.net". www.globethics.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics". www.banglajol.info. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. ^ "WHO | Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative". extranet.who.int. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Georgetown Bioethics Library | Bioethics Organizations Advanced Search". bioethics.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. ^ http://www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geo/user/?action=search&lng=en&db=GEO2

External links[]

Retrieved from ""