Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) has said the country's pharmaceutical industry faces a potential financial loss of around Tk 40 billion due to the fire in the Cargo Village at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport.

Leaders of the organisation presented the figure at a press conference at its office in Tejgaon on Tuesday.

BAPI Secretary General Zakir Hossain read a statement at the briefing.

He said that immediately after the fire, they collected and analysed data from many pharmaceutical companies.

The analysis showed that raw materials worth around Tk 2 billion belonging to the country's top 45 pharmaceutical companies were destroyed in the fire. The total loss will be even higher wh...