Japan will consent to an arrangement with Bangladesh on giving $2.5 billion Official Development Assistance (ODA) amid a visit of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina to Tokyo toward the finish of this current month.
The sum in the 40th ODA understanding will be 35 percent higher than that of a year ago, said Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi when he met Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday, reports UNB. Izumi likewise guaranteed the PM of Japan’s proceeded with help to Bangladesh in its endeavors for financial success, said PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim while instructions journalists after the gathering. The negotiator revealed to Hasina that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was energetically hanging tight to get her in Japan amid the up and coming Japan visit. A remote service official said the PM would leave for Japan on May 28. Praising her on re-appointment in the last parliamentary decisions, Izumi said the following five years would be significant for Bangladesh as the economy of the nation would take off for further advancement. The Japanese diplomat was advised of the advancement of the coal-terminated 1,200MW Matarbari Power Plant venture in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali. Referencing that Japan is an extraordinary companion of Bangladesh, Hasina said she was additionally excitedly hanging tight to meet her Japanese partner. She likewise reviewed the commitments of Japan to the financial improvement of the nation and to the development of Rupsha Bridge amid Bangabandhu’s routine after Bangladesh’s autonomy. PM’s Principal Secretary M Nojibur Rahman, Principal Coordinator on SDG Affairs of Prime Minister’s Office Md Abul Kalam Azad and PMO Secretary Sajjadul Hassan were available amid the gathering. Subsequent to visiting Japan, the PM will travel to Saudi Arabia to go to the fourteenth Islamic Summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the welcome of Saudi King Salman container Abdulaziz Al Saud. The summit is booked to be held in Makkah on May 31.
