Bangladesh and Japan on Monday signed the exchange of notes on the Japanese grant Aad for two projects, reports UNB.

Iwama Kiminori, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh and Sharifa Khan, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, inked the documents representing the respective sides.   

Another is to provide an additional grant for the costs of the development of Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management（BIGM), the augmented grant of which is up to JPY2,762 million, about USD 21 million.

About the grant, ambassador Iwama said, “It gives me pleasure to sign both of these 2 projects, which are important supports for Bangladesh to develop world-class human resources. In this regard, these are particularly essential toward graduation from the least developed countries (LDC) status in 2026 and to become a developed country in 2041."    

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul