Twenty-year-old Sara Islam’s consent to donate her organs after her death has given new life to four, two with completely damaged kidneys and two without eyesight, in the country’s first successful transplantation of organs from a brain-dead patient.

Rab arrested five members a gang, including its ringleader, on charge of buying and selling kidneys using social media.

Parliament last night passed the “Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 2018,” expanding the definition of close relationships to include cousins, grandparents and grandchildren.

Parliament passes the ‘Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 2018 with a provision of 3 years of rigorous imprisonment or Tk 10 lakh fine or both for violation of the law in a bid to check the illegal trade of human organs.