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In 2017, Bangladesh Police demanded that the Government of Bangladesh repeal the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Bangladesh Police also requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to amend the law to allow bail for law enforcement officers charged under the act.
The 50-bed organization was called the Institute of Mental Health and Research. In 1993, the address of the institute was changed and it was brought to Dhaka Medical College. On 19 October 1992, the facility was relocated to its current building at its current address and renamed this 100-bed facility.
Bangladesh is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), having signed the treaty on 9 May 2007 and ratified it soon after on 30 November 2007. [4] On 9 October 2013, Bangladesh passed a bill called the Persons with Disabilities' Rights and Protection Act 2013, which implemented its obligations ...
The Bangladesh health policy document was published in 2011 and adheres to the following : Health is defined as "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [1] Every citizen has the basic right to adequate health care.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. [3] Its primary purpose is to provide a legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity to make particular decisions for themselves.
Previously Bangladesh had no adequate and enabling law to handle the condition created by drug abuse and the related issues.The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh enacted the Narcotics Control Act in 1990 annulling all the colonial laws with a view to encountering drug problem true to the aspiration of the society. [85]
The United Nations country team in Bangladesh has identified "marital instability" as the key cause of poverty and "ultra and extreme" poverty among female-headed households. The Bangladesh Planning Commission has said that women are more susceptible to becoming poor after losing a male earning family member due to abandonment or divorce. [61]
The council is established under the Bangladesh Accreditation Council Act, 2017, [4] which was passed by the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) in March 2017. Mesbahuddin Ahmed was appointed the first chairman of the council in August 2018. [ 5 ]