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Govt to buy contraceptive pills worth Tk96cr
The Health Education and Family Welfare Division placed the proposal before the committee
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 12 Nov 2026, 04:46 PM
Photo: Collected
The government will purchase 1.94 crore cycles of third-generation oral contraceptive pills at a cost of Tk96.54 crore under its family planning programme.
Local pharmaceutical company Popular Pharmaceuticals
will supply the contraceptive pills.
The purchase proposal was approved at a meeting of
the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase held on Thursday, chaired by
Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
The Health Education and Family Welfare Division
placed the proposal before the committee.
According to the proposal, the pills will be
procured under a project titled “Implementation of Unfinished Activities of
Essential Family Planning, Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Services”
under the Completed Fourth Sector Programme.
The procurement process for the 2025–26 fiscal year
has been completed, with Popular Pharmaceuticals recommended as the successful
bidder.
After reviewing the proposal, the committee
recommended approval of the purchase.