Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries, with its around 160 million people overcrowded into a delta of rivers that empties into the Bay of Bengal. The country is bordered by the Bay of Bengal in the south, Myanmar in the south -east and India to the east, north and west. Ethical issues in research involving human participants are handled
by a national committee. However, ethics review system in the country warrants substantial strengthening. The legal system practiced in the country is inherited from the British as the British has ruled the sub
continent (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan & neighboring countries) for around 200 years. Many of the laws are very old, needs upgrading and ethical guidelines of the country for research involving human s though exist
but not enacted as in many developing countries.
Social system is characterized by extreme differences between rich & poor and the difference has an increasing trend with time. Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh; Muslims constitute 90 % of the
population, followed by Hindus, Buddhists, Christians
and other religions. Religion plays pivotal role in availing opportunities for treatment as well as human enhancement. Biomedical innovations originated in the
country are rare but innovations facilitating human
enhancement are heavily imported to the country from 2 abroad. As a result issues related to biomedical innovations for human enhancement is very much relevant for this resource poor country of South -East Asia.
