An MOU on Procurement of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices between the Government of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was signed by Minister Maitripala Sirisena and Mohammed Nasim, Minister of Health & Family Welfare of Bangladesh recently at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Bangladesh.

The MOU was initially proposed during the visit of the Sri Lankan Health Minister to Bangladesh in April 2013 as a measure to improve the efficiency of supplying pharmaceuticals and medical devices to Sri Lankan government hospitals on a Government to Government basis.