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Uniindia: Dhaka, June 14 (UNI/Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government on Tuesday signed an agreement for a 250 million U.S. dollars policy-based loan to further improve the social protection system in Bangladesh for supporting the vulnerable population against socioeconomic challenges.

The Asian Development Bank on Monday vowed to work closely with the incoming Marcos administration when it comes to infrastructure projects.

Targeted subsidies on the most affected sectors should be the short-term solution to manage soaring inflation and not the suspension of excise taxes on fuel products, the Asian Development Bank said.

Manila-based Asian Development Bank has approved a $500,000 technical assistance grant to promote green and inclusive growth in the Philippine and other countries in Asia.

Yueyu Zou has 10 years of experience in global biodiversity governance as an officer in the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Foreign Environmental Cooperation Office. She is involved in policy-making process at national and international level under the framework of Convention on Biological Diversity, including participating rounds of CBD negotiations as core

MANILA (Xinhua): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday (June 9) said it has approved up to US$4.3 billion to help finance the construction of nearly 55km of a modern suburban railway line connecting the Philippine capital region with Calamba City in the neighboring Laguna province.

ADB approves $250mn for Bangladesh social resilience programme

The Philippines has secured $4.3 billion or P227.6 billion in loan financing from the Asian Development Bank to construct the South Commuter Railway project that would connect Metro Manila and Calamba in Laguna.

Chris Adriaansen has headed up the Australian Plague Locust Commission for some 15 years, having steered the Commission for almost one-third of the time since it was first formed 46 years ago. Prior to joining the APLC, Chris was Chief Plant Health Manager for Queensland during which time he implemented emergency pest responses including what he describes as the very

Noriko Sato serves as a project officer for ADB-financed projects and technical assistance (TA) in the natural resources and agriculture sector in the Central and West Asian region. She currently leads in preparing an investment project for agriculture markets development, strengthening high value agriculture and food security and high value agriculture through adoption of