Dhaka, May 26 -- Bangladesh will seek a one billion US dollar soft loan from Japan during the upcoming official visit of Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus to Tokyo, scheduled for May 28-31.

"The main focus of this visit is budgetary support," said Acting Foreign Secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique while addressing a curtain-raiser press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon, BSS reports.

Chief Adviser Yunus is expected to depart Dhaka on May 27 for the four-day visit, during which he will hold bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on May 30, aimed at deepening cooperation across a wide range of strategic areas.

"The formal announcement of the soft loan is expected following the bilateral ...