About 83 per cent of the investments by the Asian Development Bank in electricity generation since 1973 has gone into building fossil fuel-based power plants in Bangladesh, revealed an analysis of ADB data.
The Asian Development Bank has projected that Bangladesh鈥檚 economic growth would slow to 3.9 per cent in the 2024-25 financial year, down from 4.2 per cent in FY24...
The Asian Development Bank is likely to provide $500 million budget support in May for improving assets聽 quality of the ailing banking sector.
Masato Kanda today officially assumed office as the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank...
The World Bank has intended to evaluate the asset quality of four state-owned banks in Bangladesh, with a particular focus on the scam-hit Janata Bank, using international audit firms.
The Bangladesh Bank has enlisted global auditing firms Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG to evaluate the asset quality of six banks currently mired in financial irregularities and corruption. The audit, funded by the Asian Development Bank, is part of efforts to restore transparency and accountability in the banking sector...
The finance ministry on Sunday said that it expected聽$1.1 billion in loan support from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank would be disbursed in the current month.
The government has signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank for Police based Loan (PBL)...
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said that it approved $600 million 鈥榩olicy-based loan鈥� to Bangladesh...
The Asian Development Bank Monday approved a $100 million loan in additional financing to support critical infrastructure development through public鈥損rivate partnerships in Bangladesh...
The Asian Development Bank and Tanveer Dal Mill and Flour Mills Limited, a member of the Meghna Group of Industries, have signed a $20 million-loan agreement to support construction of a greenfield state-of-the-art, energy-efficient flour milling plant in Bangladesh...
The Asian Development Bank鈥檚 board of governors has elected Masato Kanda as ADB鈥檚 11th president...
The Asian Development Bank at a courtesy meeting in Dhaka with Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz assured that the ADB would invest in research and...
Masato Kanda, special adviser to Japan鈥檚 prime minister and finance minister, is the sole candidate for next ADB presidency.
The Asian Development Bank, in its latest outlook, has projected that inflation in Bangladesh will rise to 10.1 per cent in the fiscal year 2024-25, a significant increase of 3.1 percentage points from its previous estimate made in April.
The Asian Development Bank has slashed its economic growth forecast for Bangladesh to 5.1 per cent for the fiscal year 2024-25, citing political unrest, supply chain disruptions, and recent severe floods...
The Asian Development Bank has appointed Hoe Yun Jeong as its new country director for Bangladesh...
The Asian Development Bank is likely to disburse around $900 million in the next six months as it expressed keen interest to cooperate with the interim government of Bangladesh...
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on Sunday pledged a combined loan of $2.5 billion to Bangladesh to support reforms in the country鈥檚 banking and...
IN THE 21st century, demographic transition, not an esoteric fact any more, has become a critical issue for policymakers and economists worldwide. The process affects every aspect of society, from the labour market and economic growth to healthcare systems and social security to the extent that supranational organisations such as the World Bank...
The capacity building of the National Pension Authority under a proposed programme worth $325 million is likely to drop amid scarcity of dollars...
Advisor for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said that Asian Development Bank will assist Bangladesh in implementing low-cost river cleaning projects including that of Buriganga, Turag, and Balu rivers...
The Asian Development Bank has engaged with the interim government to support Bangladesh鈥檚 development strides....
THE International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh. They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations 鈥� such as forced disappearances and tortures...
YEARS ago, while attending the Asian Development Bank鈥檚 Transport Forum, a group of us went on a walking tour. At one point the sidewalk was so narrow pedestrians were in single file, queued up to wait to walk. In the midst of the noise and chaos, someone was burning trash on the sidewalk. The situation was so dismal I started cheering...
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday lowered the growth in gross domestic product and made upward revision of inflation in Bangladesh for FY25.
The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to...
Visiting vice-president of the Asian Development Bank Yingming Yang on Wednesday called on environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury at his secretariat office in Bangladesh aiming to strengthen climate collaborations....
Bangladesh Railway authorities are analysing its container, freight and cargo transportation facilities for taking future plans...
The board of governors of the Asian Development Bank on Sunday approved the bank鈥檚 2023 financial statements and a $1.42 billion net income allocation from its ordinary capital resources, the highest in ADB鈥檚 history...