Directorate General of Drug Administration
Profile
- Head
- Md Alamgir Hossain
- Role
- Director General
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Established
- 1976
- Legal basis
- Drugs and Cosmetics Act 2023 (Act No. 29 of 18 September 2023), which merged and replaced The Drugs Act 1940 and The Drugs (Control) Ordinance 1982. DGDA established as a separate directorate under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 1976; upgraded to Directorate General on 17 January 2010.
Provenance & notes
Established year 1976: confirmed by DGDA Info page (dgdagov.info) and Wikipedia -- 1976 is when Drug Administration was recognized as a separate directorate under MoHFW; upgraded to Directorate General on 17 January 2010. Legal basis: Drugs and Cosmetics Act 2023 (Act No. 29, 18 September 2023) replaced both the Drugs Act 1940 and Drugs (Control) Ordinance 1982; confirmed by VDB Loi and DGDA laws page. Parent confirmed as Health Services Division per MoHFW bifurcation order of March 2017 (HSD oversees curative services including DGDA). Current head Md Alamgir Hossain: gazette notification 28 April 2026, confirmed by both TBS News and BSS News; predecessor Maj Gen Md Shamim Haider served since 22 October 2024 (Wikipedia DGDA article). Drug Pricing Method 2026 and 295-item essential medicines list: confirmed independently by TBS News, Dhaka Tribune, BSS News, and Dhaka Law Review. 25% essential-drug threshold: confirmed by TBS News and JustNews BD. TRIPS waiver expiry and registration backlog: confirmed by TBS News, The Daily Star, and BSS News. Pharmaceutical export figure USD 213 million for FY2024-25: from PharmaBossBD citing EPB data. Staff count and standalone DGDA budget not publicly available in any identified primary source. Annual_budget_bdt left null accordingly. Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.
Sources
- https://dgda.gov.bd/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate_General_of_Drug_Administration
- https://www.dgdagov.info/index.php/about-dgda/dgda-info
- https://asiaactual.com/bangladesh/bangladesh-directorate-general-of-drug-administration-dgda/
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/alamgir-hossain-appointed-drug-administration-dg-1424176
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/382354
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/govt-issues-new-drug-pricing-method-regulate-essential-medicine-prices-1350641
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/govt-fix-prices-295-essential-drugs-1329396
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/health/400562/government-expands-essential-medicines-list-sets
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/349320
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- https://www.justnewsbd.com/en/health/news/28430
- https://dhakalawreview.org/blog/2026/03/revisiting-essential-medicine-regulations-in-bangladesh-in-the-context-of-2026-reforms-6688
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/1000-drug-registrations-stuck-bangladesh-risks-losing-trips-waiver-1224636
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- https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/the-end-exemption-3953556
- https://www.bssnews.net/business/381418
- https://vdb-loi.com/bd_publications/the-drug-and-cosmetics-act-2023-act-no-29-dated-18-september-2023-passed-by-the-bangladesh-parliament/
- https://pharmabossbd.com/bangladesh-pharmaceutical-export-market-2025/