Dr Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
The meeting took place at 5:10pm Japan time on Monday (26 October). JICA Senior Vice President Shohei Hara and senior officials of the agency were present.
The prime minister recalled his productive meeting with the JICA president in Dhaka during Tanaka’s visit to Bangladesh in July 2026. He thanked Japan for its long support for Bangladesh’s social and economic development and JICA for its important contribution.
The prime minister said Japan’s cooperation continues to play an important role in the country’s infrastructure, its social and economic progress and its development goals. He stressed continuing cooperation with Japan to deepen the two countries’ long friendship and to raise the living standards of Bangladesh’s people.
The two sides stressed finishing the large Japan-funded development projects now under way on schedule. They also discussed speeding up the approval and execution of priority projects still awaiting approval.
Given Bangladesh’s current development priorities, Bangladesh stressed continued soft loans from Japan and wider technical cooperation.
Bangladesh proposed a Bangladesh-Japan Skills Partnership, a Technological Village and Innovation City, and wider cooperation in modernising agriculture, processing farm produce and light engineering.
In view of the current state of the global energy sector, Bangladesh also asked for budget support, as last year, to meet the country’s energy demand and secure its energy supply.
The JICA president renewed his pledge to work together for Bangladesh’s prosperity.
The prime minister said he hoped these initiatives would strengthen the strategic partnership between Bangladesh and Japan and help both countries achieve shared prosperity.
Present on the Bangladesh side were Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury; Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat; Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, the prime minister’s adviser on finance and planning; State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir; State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit; Rehan Asif Asad, the prime minister’s adviser on posts, telecommunications and ICT and on science and technology; Dr Md Shakirul Islam Khan, the prime minister’s special assistant on overseas employment in the Asia-Pacific region; Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD); Atiqur Rahman Rumon, the prime minister’s additional press secretary; and other senior government officials.
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