Staff Correspondent

A Bangladesh delegation led by Chief Advisor's Principal Secretary M Siraj Uddin Miah today held a bilateral meeting with Japanese Vice Minister for Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hirofumi Amakawa in Tokyo, Japan.

During the meeting, they discussed the progress of the projects taken under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) platform, particularly the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) terminal three project and the cooperation in the railway and road transport sector of Bangladesh. This was formally disclosed in an official handout here today.

Bangladesh delegation informed Japanese side that the preparation for cargo and ground handling works of the terminal-3 is progressing to open the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the fastest possible time.

Principal Secretary M Siraz Uddin Miah assured maximum cooperation from the government of Bangladesh in this regard. During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on Kamalapur Multi-Modal Transport Hub, MRT Line 6 and Dhaka Outer Ring Road-2 and 3 projects. Cooperation was also sought to attract Japanese investment in Bangladesh's tourism sector.

Assistant Vice Minister for Engineering and Housing Affairs of Japan Yosuke Tsutsumi and senior officials of the ministry were present on the occasion. Senior Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division Md. Ehsanul Hoque, Railways Secretary Md. Fahimul Islam, Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Nasreen Jahan, Chief Executive Officer of Public Private Partnership Authority Muhammad Rafiqul Islam, Bangladesh's Ambassador to Japan Md. Daud Ali and Director General (DG) of Chief Advisor's office Dr. Ahmed Ullah were present among others.