孟加拉国已与中国签署价值约3.3578亿美元的优惠贷款协议，以扩建和现代化蒙拉港，这是其仅次于吉大港的第二大海港，据周一的一份媒体报道。该资金将用于建设两个集装箱码头和专用货物处理场，因为达卡希望提升该港口的容量并改善基础设施。
Bangladesh has signed a concessional loan agreement worth about USD 335.78 million with China to expand and modernise Mongla Port, its second-largest seaport after Chattogram, according to a media report on Monday. The funding will be used to build two container terminals and dedicated cargo-handling yards as Dhaka looks to increase the port's capacity and improve infrastructure.
该贷款协议金额为人民币24.04亿元或孟加拉塔卡3592.8975亿塔卡，于周六在孟加拉国政府与中国进出口银行之间签署，国营孟加拉通讯社报道。根据财政部经济关系司的一份声明，中国将以2%的优惠利率提供该贷款，还款期为20年，其中包括5年的宽限期。
The loan agreement, for Renminbi Yuan 2.404 billion or Bangladeshi taka 3,592.8975 crore, was signed on Saturday between the Bangladesh government and the Export-Import Bank of China, state-run BSS reported. According to a statement by the Finance Ministry's Economic Relations Division, China will provide the loan at a concessional interest rate of 2 per cent, with a 20-year repayment period, including a five-year grace period.
经济关系司代表双方与中国进出口银行签署了《蒙拉港设施扩建和现代化项目》协议，声明称。蒙拉港位于帕苏尔河东岸，距孟加拉湾71海里，且位于印度边境以西约80公里处。
The Economic Relations Division signed the agreement with China's EXIM Bank on behalf of the two sides for the Expansion and Modernisation of Mongla Port Facilities project, the statement said. Mongla Port is on the east bank of the Pasur River, 71 nautical miles upstream from the Bay of Bengal, and lies about 80 km west of the Indian border.
该协议是在穆罕默德·尤努斯领导的临时政府取消印度在蒙拉港附近110英亩土地上规划的印度经济区项目一年后签署的，理由是印度政府提名的开发商未能在规定时间内开始实际施工。该土地曾根据2015年的双边协议划归印度，后来印度政府任命赫兰德尼集团子公司埃维塔建筑公司开发该地块。
The agreement comes a year after the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government cancelled an Indian Economic Zone project planned on 110 acres of land near Mongla Port, saying the Indian government-nominated developer had failed to begin physical construction within the stipulated timeframe. The land had been earmarked for India under a 2015 bilateral agreement, and the Indian government later appointed Hiranandani Group subsidiary Evita Constructions to develop the site.
该贷款协议是在孟加拉国与中国在总理塔里克·拉赫曼于6月访问北京期间达成的谅解之后签署的。尽管达卡仍在推进蒙拉港扩建项目，但印度此前曾对中国在孟加拉国的扩张足迹表示担忧，特别是在靠近印度领土的战略要地上的项目。
The loan deal follows an understanding reached between Bangladesh and China during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to Beijing in June. India has previously raised concerns over China's expanding footprint in Bangladesh, especially over projects in strategically significant areas near Indian territory, even as Dhaka moves ahead with the Mongla Port expansion.