Why Bangladeshis are selling the only asset they have- their organs. By Sophie Cousins.
Mohammad Mehedi Hasan didn’t know what a liver was when he was told that removing part of it would be a ‘noble act’.
The 24-year-old, who lives in Molamgari village six hours north of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, was promised 700,000 taka ($9,000) for the operation that reportedly would save the life of a Singaporean man.
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