Japan will provide US $3 million, equivalent to JPY 495 million, for human resources development in Bangladesh.

IWAMA Kiminori, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh and Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary, of the Economic Relations Division on Wednesday (26 June) signed the Exchange of Notes on the Japanese Grant aid titled “The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS)”. 

Based on this agreement between the two counties, ICHIGUCHI Tomohide, Chief Representative of the JICA Bangladesh Office and Sharifa Khan signed a relevant Grant Agreement.

Since its inception in 2002, some 507 Bangladeshi officials as master’s degree students and 18 officials as doctoral degree students have studied in Japan under the JDS scheme. In the Japanese Fiscal Year 2024, Bangladesh ranked 2nd in the world in terms of the number of JDS fellows.

“Bangladesh is aiming to elevate to the developed countries in less than 20 years. In order to achieve this goal, the role of government officials is essential. I do believe that the support of our government to the government officials in Bangladesh has substantially contributed to the development of this country since 2002. I hope that the dispatch of young officials through our grant aid will accelerate the development of Bangladesh for another 20 years.” said Ambassador IWAMA.