<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Bangladesh on Thursday provided medical assistance worth Tk 10 crore to Sri Lanka for the friendly people of this South Asian country.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“It is the expression of solidarity and friendship between our two nations,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said while speaking at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, acting High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh Ruwanthi Delpitiya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Essential Drugs Company Limited, and officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were present.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said every country is facing challenges of its own in varying degrees due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war and recent conflict between Israel and Palestine.</div><div><br></div><div>“Sri Lanka or Bangladesh is not an exception. In this trying time, mutual collaboration is much more needed than ever before,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the foreign minister said, Bangladesh never hesitates to extend assistance in its modest ability to any nation in difficulties, in particular its neighbours. “The cornerstone of our gesture is pure goodwill and friendship without any string attached.” According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>