The government of Japan will provide 200,371 million Japanese yen (approximately Tk 15,326 crore or $1,831 million) for Bangladesh under its 39th Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan package for implementing six mega projects. In this regard, the exchange of notes for these six projects was signed on Thursday between Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and Japanese ambassador to Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi. The loan agreements were signed by the ERD secretary and the chief representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bangladesh Office Takatoshi Nishikata. Out of the overall amount, Japan will provide 2,655 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 203 crore for Matarbari Port Development Project, 37,217 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 2,846 crore for Jamuna Railway Bridge Construction Project, 7358 million Japanese yen or approximately Tk 562 crore for Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Line 5), 79,271 million Japanese...