Bangladesh will send medicine for the people of Bhutan worth Taka 20 crore as per the commitment of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Our PM committed to Bhutan to supply medicine for one year free of cost while visiting the country in 2017 … Following the commitment we will start supplying the medicine worth Taka 20 crore in September,” said Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim.
He said this at a programme at his ministry conference room at secretariat here.
At the programme, Nasim handed over medicine as a token to the Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Sonam Tobden Rabgye. “We will finish supply of the medicine within October,” he added.
The friendship of the two countries would be stronger after supplying of the medicine, said Nasim.
