The producers and sellers of fake and substandard medicines, deceiving patients and even killing them, are getting away with the heinous crimes, discussants said at a seminar on Saturday. They demanded capital punishment for the producers and sellers of fake and substandard medicines as they said their crimes are not less grave than assailants [who make attacks for killing]. Debate for Democracy and ATN Bangla organised the seminar at the ATN Bangla auditorium. Speaking as the chief guest, Consumers Association of Bangladesh president Ghulam Rahman said that producers and sellers of fake and substandard medicines sometimes get arrested but they resume their activities after they are released. ‘The capital punishment for such unscrupulous people, who play with the life of patients, is a timely demand,’ he said. He regretted that while people in Bangladesh were concerned about halal foods, they were not similarly concerned about halal practice. Drug Administrat...
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