Bangladesh, July 10 -- A Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker on Thursday criticised the widespread adulteration of food in Bangladesh, telling Parliament that while medicines sold in the country are unadulterated, food is not.Maps

"We see that there is no adulteration in drugs, but food is adulterated. This is very surprising," said Subikunnahar, a Jamaat lawmaker from a reserved women's seat, drawing attention to the contrast between regulatory outcomes in the two sectors.

She raised the issue through a supplementary question during the 22nd sitting of the second session of the 13th Parliament, with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram in the chair.

Subikunnahar said that although a variety of fruits are available in the markets during the frui...