The deep-sea port that Bangladesh is building now at Matarbari will proceed with Japanese help. Like Sonadia, this is located on the Bay of Bengal and close to India.

The sea port being built for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant will be turned into a deep-sea port, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.

Bangladesh needs a deep sea port. The country has one of world’s fastest growing economies, which is expected to rise at a 7.1 percent clip this year. It is on Goldman Sachs’s list of the ...