Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency signed agreements with Bangladesh on Wednesday as part of the efforts by Japan and Bangladesh to strengthen the public administration in Bangladesh.
JICA signed a grant agreement regarding Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship for 2024 and Japan signed exchange notes with Bangladesh.
Iwama Kiminori, Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh; Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary of Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh; and Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of JICA Bangladesh, represented the respective governments during the signing ceremony, held in Dhaka.
Under the agreement on the JDS Scholarship, up to JPY 495m (about USD 3.15m) in scholarships will be provided for 33 government and central bank officials to study in Japanese universities.
Out of the 33, 30 students would pursue a master鈥檚, and 3 students would pursue a doctoral.
To date, 558 Bangladeshi officials have received JDS Scholarships since 2002.
