Is Lorazepam legal in Bangladesh?
- Legal status
- Lorazepam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
- Consequences if caught
- Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — benzodiazepines fall below the capital tier.
- If prescribed or medical
- Clearly available as medicine: the INCB assessed 2026 requirement for lorazepam in Bangladesh is 200,000 g. It is dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine. Bangladesh has furnished INCB no traveller regulation at all (“Information not yet provided by country”), so no published national rule tells you what you may carry — ask the Department of Narcotics Control before you fly.
- Documentation
- Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.
- refworld.org
- INCB Psychotropics — Assessments of annual medical and scientific requirements, as at 21 Aug 2026: https://www.incb.org/incb/en/psychotropics/status-of-assessments.html
- INCB Country Regulations for Travellers: https://www.incb.org/incb/en/travellers/country-regulations.html
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Lorazepam in related jurisdictions
Other substances confirmed in Bangladesh
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Bangladesh’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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