Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought cooperation from Japan to reopen soon the two damaged metrorail stations at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara in Dhaka.
She sought assistance when Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori paid a courtesy call to her at the Prime Minister's Office, reports BSS.
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan briefed the newsmen after the meeting.
The Japanese ambassador said they would first assess the damages of the metrorail stations and then decide how they could help Bangladesh reopen the stations.
The Japanese envoy expressed his sympathy over the casualties caused by the massive rampage across the country centred on the quota reform movement.
During the meeting, the prime minister said the miscreants damaged the government establishments built for public welfare, security and services.
"They attacked those establishments which were useful for the people and those were the targets of the attackers. This is very much heart-breaking for me," she said.
The premier said they have built the establishments by making tireless efforts in the last 15 years.
The Japanese envoy said his country's businessmen are waiting for the upcoming EPA Negotiation on Public-Private Economic Dialogue to be held in Tokyo in the second half of August.
Before holding the dialogue, he hoped that the law and order situation would become normal.
He said it would help hold the dialogue successfully.
The envoy became emotional while talking about the damaged stations of the metro rail.
He said a handful of people are behind the attacks on the metrorail while a huge number of people are the beneficiaries of it.
He continued: "Sweat and tears of many people were involved in building the metrorail."
He said that he had seen damaging the metrorail stations which hurt him.
Prime Minister’s Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman and Ambassador at Large M Ziauddin, Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah and Senior Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Masud Bin Momen, among others, were present at the meeting.
