HELPING LOANS

 
Published: Thursday 15 February 1996

With floods in Bangladesh occurring every year leading to severe loss of infrastructure and causing a lot othardship to the people, the Japanese have come forward th a loan of US $5.22 million to finance constructions 15 cyclone shelters which will also serve as schools. Japan is also coming to the aid of Maldives and will provide, the tiny island country with US $4.13 million which will help in building a sea wall in the Male island and also finance projects which will provide electricity to the atoll islands.

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