Bangladesh today announced that it will contribute Dollar 1.5 million to the proposed Corona emergency fund for the prevention and combat of COVID-19 pandemic in the SAARC region. The idea of an emergency fund to fight COVID-19 outbreak in the region was mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his video conferencing with SAARC leaders on 15th March.<br />''<br />''Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. AK Abdul Momen said on Sunday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the fund for SAARC secretariat to face the outbreak of Corona virus in South Asia, reports the official news agency BSS. Welcoming the creation of the fund Dr. Momen said that there are various funds under SAARC protocol but so far there was no such protocol for preventing health hazards. He said Bangladesh would like the SAARC secretariat to administer the fund towards fighting COVID-19 pandemic in the regions.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced on 8th March that India will contribute dollar 10 million to the fund. Other countries of SAARC like Nepal and Afghanistan have pledged 1 million dollar each while Maldives will contribute 2 lakh dollars and Bhutan 1 lakh dollar to the emergency fund.<br />''<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 11.5pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><br />''</p>