Japan may extend $600 million as budget support

Japan may extend $600 million to Bangladesh as budget support, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.

Bangladesh earlier sought the loan from the island country and discussions are now going on, he said.

Mannan shared the information with journalists today after a meeting with Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of the Bangladesh office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, at the minister's office in the planning ministry in Dhaka.