Japan

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...

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...

The trains for Bangladesh's first metro rail are ready in Japan and may arrive here shortly. The authorities are, in fact, hopeful of bringing the trains next month – if the Covid-19 situation improves by then. Meanwhile, the Uttara-Agargaon part of...

জাপানের সনি করপোরেশনকে কে না চেনে। ক্যামেরা, টেলিভিশন, মুঠোফোনসহ বহু ধরনের ইলেকট্রনিক যন্ত্র ও যন্ত্রাংশ তৈরি করে সনি বিশ্বজুড়ে ঘরে ঘরে জায়গা করে নিয়েছে। সনি এখন তাদের ক্যামেরা, প্রজেক্টর ও ভিডিও গেম খেলার প্লে স্টেশন তৈরির কারখানা চীন থেকে সরিয়ে অন্য কোনো দেশে নিতে...

The 4th Bangladesh-Japan Joint PPP platform meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday highlighting important projects presented by the Japanese side. Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan jointly organised the...

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...

Japan will make more investments in Bangladesh when situation returns to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki said this when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban today. After...

A total of 100 companies from Japan will invest $1 billion on the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj, said Ito Naoki,  Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh.   He made this remark while speaking to the media after taking a Covid-19 PCR...

The laboured process for settlement of letters of credit is one of the bottlenecks of Bangladesh’s investment climate, said a delegation from Japan on Thursday. “Bangladesh has the most complicated LC opening conditions -- there are terms and conditions unique only to this country,”...

Summit Group has received $140 million (Tk 1,190 crore) in project financing from international commercial financial institutions for its 300-megawatt Summit Gazipur II Power Plant. The group received the long-term financing from Clifford Capital Pte Ltd of Singapore and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), according to a...