Dhaka, April 6 -- Bangladesh and Japan will sit today (Monday) to further advance negotiations on the operation and maintenance of the third terminal at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), as the Japanese consortium's proposal was found unrealistic by the Bangladesh side in the last meeting.

Sources said the meeting held between the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), and the Japanese consortium on Friday could not reach an agreement, as it offered only 22.5 per cent of the total revenue from the third terminal to the government.

The Japanese consortium shared the revised proposal on Friday, based on four sources of earnings: embarkation, cargo handling, ground handli...