ADB ready to provide support for deep seaport: Miranda

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered its assistance for Bangladesh to set up a deep seaport in the Bay of Bengal.
“We’re working on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. We’ll work on seaport…deep seaport in the future,” ADB director general Juan Miranda told reporters after a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith at the Secretariat Monday, according to a news agency.
About the meeting’s outcome, Miranda said he has been here in Bangladesh to discuss with the government to take long- and short-term development plans in the country as it is one of the best clients of the Manila-based lending agency.
During the meeting, he said, they discussed various issues like social services, agriculture, skilled development and particularly infrastructure.
“Infrastructure of a country is very important to development because infrastructure attracts investment and investment attracts jobs,” he said.