Bangladesh gifts medical supplies worth $ 2.3 m to Sri Lanka

The Government of Bangladesh this week donated much-needed medical supplies to the people of Sri Lanka at the request of the Sri Lankan Government at a simple ceremony held at the State Guest House Padma in Dhaka. The urgent medical supplies provided are at a total value of BDT 200 million equivalent to $ 2.32 million.

The donation of medical assistance was handed over to Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Dhaka Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne by the Bangladesh Government, in the presence of Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) President Nazmul Hassan, MP. 

Also present at the ceremony were Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, Director General of Health Prof. Dr. Abul Bashar, Director General of Drugs Major General Md Mahbubur Rahman, officials of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry and officials of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Bangladesh. The medical supplies will be transported by SriLankan Airlines, presently operating daily flights in the Dhaka-Colombo sector.

The goodwill gesture is significant of the longstanding bilateral relations, as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year.