ADB provides $200m loan to improve rural electricity access 170 DHAKA, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS) – The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed agreements for US$200 million in additional loans, including $130 million concessional loan, to improve access to efficient and reliable electricity supply in rural areas in the country by strengthening transmission and distribution networks. The additional loans will scale up the ongoing $616 million Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project, which ADB approved in 2017, said a press release. Fatima Yasmin, ...