Japan has emerged as Bangladesh's largest lender in terms of aid disbursement this fiscal year, overtaking the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
The country's biggest bilateral donor disbursed US$714.44 million worth aid in July-November period of the fiscal year 2020-21, almost double...
There has been recent promising news about 3 COVID-19 vaccine candidates, prompting thoughts to shift to distribution and delivery.Mathematical models predict that the pandemic will kill more people, if wealthy countries buy all of the vaccines first, than if vaccines were distributed equally.Canada, Japan, the UK, and...
Bangladesh and Japan have signed the largest-ever loan deal, amounting to $3.2 billion to help Bangladesh become a middle-income country and defeat the novel coronavirus pandemic. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki and ERD Secretary Fatima Yasmin signed 'exchange of notes" of the 41st Official Development Assistance...
Bangladesh may grab the opportunity maintaining the business competiveness as some Japanese firms are intending to relocate their business and searching new destinations for supply chain adjustments, said the Japanese ambassador in Dhaka. Mr Ito Naoki made the remarks recently during his visit at BEPZA (Bangladesh Export...
Japan will provide 329 million US dollars (equivalent to 35 billion yen) to Bangladesh as grant to help the country combat coronavirus. "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made this announcement when he talked to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina over phone this afternoon," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul...
The initiative co-hosted by the Prime Minister’s Office, IFC and JICA aims to generate investment leads from Japan
Around 200 Japanese companies have joined a webinar organized by Bangladesh to attract Japanese investments.
The ‘Dialogue to Drive Japanese Investments in Bangladesh’...
Bangladesh and Japan have signed the exchange of notes and grant agreements on the project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) worth up to JPY 446 million or around $5 million. Ito Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, Fatima Yasmin, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance and...
Japan -- ever at the forefront of science and technology thanks to its culture of intensive mathematics education and reverence for engineers. So it is a marvel then that Bangladesh's fledgeling ICT players are slowly carving a space for themselves in that market over the decade, spearheaded...
Bangladesh has initiated groundwork to attract investments from large foreign firms which are planning to move out of China to reduce single-country dependence after Covid-19 pandemic. Special economic zones with ready-to-use land, longer tax holiday and availability of all services under one roof are among the offers...