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Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh
Formation1972
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Parent organization
 Ministry of Religious Affairs
Hamdard Pakistan
Website www.bnacwcafd.gov.bd

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh ( Bengali: হামদর্দ ল্যাবরেটরিজ (ওয়াকফ) বাংলাদেশ) is the largest herbal (unani) pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it is managed by Islamic trust known as a Waqf board. [1] [2] It originated in India and today there are independent and separate operations in India and Pakistan. [3] [4] [5] Hakim Md. Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan is the managing director of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh. [6] Its Rooh Afza is a popular drink during Ramadan in South Asia. [7] [8] [9]

History

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh traces it origins to Hamdard India established in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed. [1] [10] Majeed died in 1922 and his will mentioned the company be placed in Waqf management. [3] Ham means friend and dard means pain in Persian so the name means companion of pain. [11] In 1948, after the partition of India, his youngest son, Hakeem Mohammad Said established Hamdard Pakistan. [1] He established and expanded the company in East Pakistan in 1953 and 1956 respectively. [1] [12] He opened up sales center in Chittagong and Dhaka. [1] After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Hamdard Pakistan became Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh. [1] [13]

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh operates a research institute. [1] It spends its entire profits through Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh, its charitable wing. [1] Hakim Md. Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan, who had joined the company in 1972, became the managing director in 1982. [14] In 1989, Hakim Mohammad Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan established Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh. [15] The foundation established Hamdard Unani Medical College and Hospital in 1990. [16]

The headquarters are located in Hamdard Bhaban at 291/1 Sonargaon Road in Gulistan and a factory in Tejgaon. [1] Hamdard Laboratories Bangladesh was established in 2004 and is located in Meghna Ghat, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj District. [17] It was inaugurated by Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister of Health and Family Welfare. [18] In 2004 it provided relief materials to victims of flooding in Keraniganj and Manikganj. [19] [20] Hakim Mohammad Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan estimated the market of herbal medicine to be 1 billion taka in 2005. [21]

Hakim Said Eastern Medical College & Hospital was established in 2008 by the Hamdard Foundation. [22] It also established Rawshan Jahan Eastern Medical College and Hospital in the same year. [23] it participated in the FOODEX Japan 2009. [24] It established 15 medical camps in Chittagong on Victory Day. [25] It is licensed by the Government of Bangladesh to produce herbal medicine. [26]

In 2010, Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh established Hamdard Public College. [27] It ran a health camp in Gaibandha District. [28]

Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh established Hamdard University Bangladesh on 29 November 2012. [29]

Hamdard Museum was established in January 2022. [30] Hamdard signed a memorandum of understanding with University of Dhaka. [31]

Institutes under Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh

Board of Trustee

Name Position Reference
Kazi Golam Rahman Chairman [30]
Hakim Md. Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan Chief Mutawalli and Managing Director [36] [37]
Mohammad Zamal Uddin Deputy Managing Director [36]
Md. Anisul Haque Director [36]
Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury Director [36]
Hakim Nargish Marjhan Director [36]
Saifuddin Murad Director [36]
Bashir Ahmed Director [36]
Mohammad Sharaiful Islam Director [36]
Amirul Momenin Islam Director [36]

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