Govt sending Medicines for Myanmar flood victims

Bangladesh is sending lifesaving medicines, worth about Tk10 million, for the flood-hit people of Myanmar. The medicines, weighing about one tonnes, will be sent to Myanmar through a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 12.30 pm on Saturday, sources at the Prime Minister's Office said. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to send emergency relief materials like lifesaving medicines and kits, water purification tablets, blankets and tents to Myanmar for its flood-affected people. PMO senior officials, including PM's Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad, visited the Central Medical Stores Depot at Tejgaon in Dhaka in the morning to see the medicines that would be sent to Myanmar. Health Secretary Syed Manjurul Islam, Maritime Affairs Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral Khurshid Alam, Director General of Health Deen Mohammad Nurul Haque and other senior officials of the PMO, the Foreign Ministry and the Health Ministry were present on the occasion, according to a news agency.

-SRS