Parliament passes bill to create Homeopathy Council

City Desk :
The Bangladesh Homeopathic Medical Education Bill, 2023 was passed by parliament on Thursday, aiming to bring homeopathic medicine system in order.

State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, in absence of Health Minister Zahid Maleque, moved the Bill and it was passed by voice vote, reports UNB.

Currently, there is a homeopathic board in the country and it would be replaced by a council.

As per the bill the council shall be governed by a 17-member Board of Directors.

This council will supervise the homeopathy treatment, services and medicines.

There will be an executive committee comprising of 10 members.

The bill said that the council will register the homeopathy physicians and maintain a registry book in this regard and it would be updated time to time.