JAPAN EXTENDS 24 BILLION YEN LOAN TO BANGLADESH
Japan has extended a 24 billion yen loan to
Bangladesh, Finance Ministry officials said.
    The loan, to be disbursed over two years from next July, is
for chemicals, cement, steel and machinery imports and for
setting up a power plant in eastern Sylhet district, they said.
Terms were not disclosed.
    The credit brings total Japanese loans and grants to
Bangladesh to 441.25 billion yen since 1972, they said.
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