Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC won’t put impact on medicine prices: Anisuzzaman | Interview

DHAKA, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS) – Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant on Finance Ministry Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury today said Bangladesh’s graduation from the list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will not put impact on price of medicines. “There is often a fear that the price of medicines in the country will increase significantly due to the country’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) in 2026. But in fact, it will not have much impact,” he said in an interview with BSS today. He said the import of medicines that are not manufactured in Bangladesh has nothing to do with graduation from LDC. “Even for medicines that have intellectual property rights and we are also producing them, Bangladesh is not obliged...