Paracetamol tarnishing verdict tardy to August 17  

A Dhaka court today deferred to August 17 its verdict delivery on adulteration of paracetamol by BCIB that caused death of 76 children in 1992.

Dhaka Drug Court Judge M Atoar Rahman set the date this morning saying that he is yet to prepare the judgment in this case.

BCIB Ltd is one of the four drug manufacturing firms that tainted Paracetamol syrup with lethal diethylene glycol, which caused renal failure of children, taking at least 76 lives in 1992.

ccording to a survey by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, disclosed in the 1990s, as many as 2,700 children died due to renal failure after taking toxic syrup from 1982 to 1992.

Two cases were filed against six employees of BCIB after two batches of the company's paracetamol syrup “Paracem” was found containing more than 25 percent of the life threatening chemical.

The trials were stuck at the High Court until The Daily Star in 2009 revealed how manipulation and graft secured a stay on the cases’ proceedings in 1994. For 16 years, the stay remained.