Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Bangladesh and Japan on Monday signed a grant agreement for a project for the improvement of equipment for air pollution monitoring with an amount up to 5.0 million US dollars (JPY 835 million).

HE Mr SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of the Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, signed the 'exchange of notes' on the Japanese grant aid titled 'Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring'.

According to the project, equipment for air pollution monitoring is to be set up to enhance the capacity to measure and analyse air pollutants derived mainly from vehicle emissions in Dhaka and Chattogram, thereby contributing to enhancing ai...