Thai Exim Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh for modernising the country’s state-run sugar mills. The two organisations expressed the interest while meeting with Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun at the headquarters of the Exim Bank of Thailand on Thursday, said a press release here today.

Among others, JBIC Director General Naomi Tamaki, President of the Exim Bank of Thailand Pisit Serewiwattana and JBIC Director Yoshio Okawa attended the meeting.  At the meeting, they also discussed technical proposal of the ‘Sutek Engineering Company Limited’ for modern-ising and product diversifying of the Bangladesh’s sugar mills.