Dhaka, April 6 -- Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL), a Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals company, penned a contract with MetLife to provide insurance facilities to their employees in Bangladesh.

The agreement signing ceremony was attended by Prof. Dr. Ehsanul Kabir, managing director and CEO, Essential Drugs Company Limited, Jafar Sadeque Chowdhury, additional managing director & chief distribution officer of MetLife Bangladesh, and other senior officials of both organizations.

As part of this contract, around 4,500 employees of EDCL will receive insurance support for death and disability coverage.

The company has chosen MetLife as their employee insurance provider because of the insurer's customized solutions, faster payment of insuran...