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 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...
Walmart Inc might finally have found the sweet spot in Japan’s food market with a fast-growing venture ranked third in a nascent online grocery sector, as the brick-and-mortar stores it bought into two decades ago continue their search for profit. The barely year-old tie-up between the US supermarket chain’s Seiyu and...
Japan has asked Bangladesh to have a blitz on the business environment and services to the existing Japanese companies as preconditions to come by fresh investments from the far-east Asian country. Many Japanese companies have been looking for new destinations to move their investments...
Japan's famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are to be encouraged to reduce the amount of time they spend in the office environment as part of the government's initiative to improve the nation's work-life balance. The recently unveiled annual economic policy guidelines...
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...
At least 34 Japanese companies operating in China have shown interest to relocate their units to Bangladesh. The embassy of Bangladesh in Beijing informed the development to the ministry of foreign affairs on Wednesday. Dozens of Japanese firms have planned to...
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...
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’...
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...