Bangladesh, July 20 -- Deal on a long-awaited $335-million Chinese loan for construction of two jetties to upgrade Mongla seaport is likely to be signed within this month, officials say.

A framework agreement was signed during the Prime Minister's China visit last month to this effect.

"We are now working on the signing of the loan deal," a senior official at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) told The Financial Express on Sunday.

The official said there are some specific procedural steps "that we are now completing for the signing of the agreement".

In the first week of February 2025, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the Tk 40.68-billion project for expansion and modernisation of Mongla po...