DHAKA, Dec 18, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA)
today inked an agreement with Japanese consultancy firm Nippon Koei for
providing necessary suggestions to develop the Japanese Economic Zone (JEZ).
BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury presided over the agreement
signing function at the BEZA headquarters in the city while Project Director
of the JEZ Saleh Ahmed and General Manager of the Nipon Koei Masayuki Fujii
signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides, said a press
release.
In his speech, Paban Chowdhury said the agreement is the initial stage
of developing a planed Japanese Economic Zone and it will complete after
making the zone.
Under the agreement, Nippon Koei, Koei Research and Consulting Ink and
Nippon Koei Bangladesh will work together as a consultant of the JEZ.
Japanese Economic Zone is being set up at Araihazar in Narayanganj on
some 1,000 acres of land where Japan’s famed Sumitomo Corporation would work
as its developer.