According to health ministry as of last year,123 people died of AIDS,365 others got infected and 1207 found HIV positive. The first HIV positive patient in the country was identified in 1989. Drug abuse directly influences the economic and social aspects of a country. In Bangladesh it is a growing national concern. There are millions of drug-addicted people in Bangladesh and most of them are young, between the ages of 18 and 30. And they are from all strata of the society. Most of these people are young, homeless and unemployed. Some of them don't know anything about the disease they've got. Their frustration with life has led them to become drug addicts, and when you talk to them you realise they are just waiting for death because they have nothing else. Drug abuse is a growing national concern in Bangladesh. We have millions of drug-addicted people and most of them are between the ages of 18 and 30. And in Dhaka HIV is widespread too. The government and NGOs are doing very little - at least, not enough to help those who are infected.