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The largest herbal (unani) pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh
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Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh
Formation1972
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served Bangladesh
Official language Bengali
Parent organizationMinistry of Religious Affairs
Hamdard Pakistan
Websitehamdard.com.bd

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh (Bengali: হামদর্দ ল্যাবরেটরিজ (ওয়াকফ) বাংলাদেশ) is the largest herbal (unani) pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it is managed by an 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

Predecessors

Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed was an Unani (herbal medicine) practitioner and pharmacist. In 1906, he established a small Unani clinic called Hamdard in Old Delhi. "Ham" means "friend" and "dard" means "pain" in Persian, so the company's name means "companion of pain". When Majeed died in 1922, his will stated that the assets of the company should become a waqf (endowment).

His elder son, Hakim Abdul Hameed, took over the management of Hamdard. His younger son, Hakeem Mohammad Said, joined the business after completing his studies. After the partition of India, Hameed continued to run operations in India. In January 1948, Said migrated to Pakistan. There he built a parallel company, also called Hamdard. It established a presence in East Pakistan in 1953. Within a few years, the company had sales offices in Dacca and Chittagong. East Pakistan won independence as Bangladesh in 1971. Hamdard Pakistan's facilities there became the kernel of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh.

Independence

Hakim Md. Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan, who joined the company in 1972, became the managing director in 1982. In 1989, he established Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh. The company distributes all its profits through this charitable foundation.

The company began construction of a new factory in 2004 on nearly 33 acres in Meghna Ghat, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj District. It was inaugurated in June 2005 by Minister of Health and Family Welfare Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.

Hamdard University Bangladesh in 2017

The foundation set up various institutions in the education and healthcare sectors. It founded Hamdard Unani Medical College and Hospital in Bogra District in 1990. It established Hakim Said Eastern Medical College & Hospital in 2008. In Lakshmipur District, it launched Rawshan Jahan Eastern Medical College and Hospital the same year.

In 2010, the foundation established Hamdard Public College. It set up Hamdard University Bangladesh on 29 November 2012. These five institutions teach students about Eastern medicine (Unani and Ayurvedic).

Hamdard Museum was established in January 2022.

Products

Rooh Afza syrup mixed with water

It is licensed by the government of Bangladesh to produce herbal medicine. Hakim Mohammad Yousuf Harun Bhuiyan estimated the market of herbal medicine to be 1 billion taka in 2005.

Operations

The headquarters are located in Hamdard Bhaban at 291/1 Sonargaon Road in Gulistan and a factory in Tejgaon.

Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh operates a research institute.

Institutes under Hamdard Foundation Bangladesh

  • Hamdard Laboratories Bangladesh
  • Hamdard Unani Medical College and Hospital (established 1990)
  • Hakim Said Eastern Medical College & Hospital (2008)
  • Rawshan Jahan Eastern Medical College and Hospital (2008)
  • Hamdard Public College (2010)
  • Hamdard University Bangladesh (2012)
  • Hamdard Shamachar
  • Hamdard TV

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