Tokyo:Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has engaged in discussions with the Nippon Foundation regarding potential collaboration to establish a vaccine manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. The initiative aims to enhance the country's capacity to control infectious diseases.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the discussion took place during a dinner hosted in honor of Prime Minister Rahman by Yohei Sasakawa, the honorary chairman of the Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, at Hanagasumi Restaurant at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo.
The dinner was attended by several dignitaries, including Prime Minister's wife Dr. Zubaida Rahman, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat, and other high-ranking officials. Nippon Foundation Executive Director Takashi Arikawa and senior officials were also present.
During the event, Prime Minister Rahman expressed gratitude to Sasakawa for his longstanding contributions to humanitarian assistance, education, and public health sectors in Bangladesh. He also reminisced about their meeting in Dhaka in September when Sasakawa visited Bangladesh and paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister.