09 December 2013 - Sharing the plight as among the most vulnerable countries affected by climate-induced disasters, the Government of Bangladesh came to the immediate aid of the Philippines with an offer of USD 1 million in humanitarian assistance in the Philippines’ hour of need last November 14. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself met briefly during a diplomatic event with Charge d’ Affaires Mohd. Noordin Pendosina Lomondot of the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka to personally express her sympathy and concern over the devastation wrought by the super typhoon on the thousands of Filipino families in the central region of the Philippines through which the typhoon passed.  She conveyed that Bangladesh is ready to assist in whatever way within its capacity and offered to send a naval ship with a medical team and medicine to address the immediate medical needs of the Filipinos affected by typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). 

Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a leading Bangladesh pharmaceutical company, also conveyed through the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs its intent to donate USD38,000 worth of medicine. END