Prime Minister Tarique Rahman recalled his meeting with Yohei Sasakawa in Dhaka last September, and thanked Sasakawa for his long contribution to humanitarian aid, education and public health in Bangladesh.
The dinner discussed the prospect of setting up a vaccine manufacturing plant in Bangladesh and the ways the initiative could be supported. Such a project could play an important part in strengthening the country’s capacity to fight infectious diseases.
Attending the dinner were the Prime Minister’s wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman; Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury; Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat; the Prime Minister’s adviser on finance and planning, Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir; State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir; and State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit.
The Prime Minister’s special assistant on overseas employment in the Asia-Pacific region, Dr Md Shakirul Islam Khan, protocol officer Kamrul Islam and other officials also attended.
On the Japanese side, Nippon Foundation Executive Director Takashi Arikawa and other senior officials of the foundation were present.
Yohei Sasakawa, honorary chairman of the Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman during a visit to Bangladesh in September.
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