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Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh
Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh () is the largest herbal (unani) pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it is managed by Islamic trust known as a Waqf board. It originated in India and today there are independent and separate operations in India and Pakistan. Hakim Md. Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan is the managing director of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh. Its Rooh Afza is a popular drink during Ramadan in South Asia. History Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh traces it origins to Hamdard India established in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed. Majeed died in 1922 and his will mentioned the company be placed in Waqf management. Ham means friend and dard means pain in Persian so the name means companion of pain. In 1948, after the partition of India, his youngest son, Hakeem Mohammad Said established Hamdard Pakistan. He established and expanded the company in East Pakistan in 1953 and 1956 respectively. He opened up sales center in Chittagong and Dhaka. After the ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
