Bangladesh Laws & Regulations
Biosafety Guidelines of Bangladesh
The objective of this Guideline is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the laboratory, field trial, safe transfer, handling, use and trans boundary movement of GMOs/LMOs as part of modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to…
Read MoreBangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995
This Act is to provide for conservation of the environment, improvement of environmental standards and control and mitigation of environmental pollution. Attachments: Bangladesh_Environmental_Conservation_Act_1995
Read MoreBangladesh Biosafety Rules 2012
The government of Bangladesh published Bangladesh Biosafety Rules (BR), 2012, which provides regulations on the approval process for genetically engineered products developed domestically or by a third country. According to BR, 2012, all GE products need to be approved before they can be imported or sold domestically within Bangladesh. This report contains an INFORMAL translation…
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