, Nov. 15 -- Bangladesh imports pharmaceutical products from 72 countries, with India topping the list as the largest source of imported medicines worth Tk 1,227.40 crore in the fiscal year 2025-26, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir told Parliament on Sunday.

He said this in a scripted reply to a question from opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Md Abdul Gafur (Kushtia-2) in the House.

The minister placed a list of the top 20 countries from which Bangladesh imported the highest value of pharmaceutical products during the last fiscal year of 2025-2026.

According to the list, Bangladesh imported medicines worth Tk 590.91 crore from France, Tk 374.25 crore from China, Tk 256.93 crore from Germany, Tk 250.18 crore from Belgium, Tk...