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2 killed as Typhoon Kammuri slams into Philippines
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 03 (ANI): Authorities here have evacuated more than 225,000 people as Typhoon Kammuri swept through the Philippines on Tuesday.
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ADB's first satellite financing to expand internet access in Asia and Paci
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 3 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 50 million dollar agreement with Kacific Broadband Satellites International Ltd to provide affordable satellite-based, high-speed broadband internet connections to countries in Asia and the Pacific, especially i
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Masatsugu Asakawa elected as ADB President, to complete predecessor's unex
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 2 (ANI): Masatsugu Asakawa has been unanimously elected as President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by its board of governors.
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Policeman, suspect killed in grenade blast in southern Philippines
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Nov 28 (ANI): A police officer was killed and ten people, mostly students, sustained injuries in a grenade blast at a college campus in Philippines' southern province of Misamis Oriental on Thursday, police said.
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Emerging east Asia bond market growth steady amid global slowdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Nov 20 (ANI): Emerging east Asia's local currency bond market posted steady growth during the third quarter of 2019 despite persistent trade uncertainties and a global economic downturn, according to the latest issue of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asia Bond Monit
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ADB approves $300 million for power transmission expansion in Bangladesh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] Nov 9 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 300 million dollar loan for a project to expand power transmission lines in Greater Dhaka and western zone of Bangladesh.
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ADB underlines vast potential of fintech to bridge Asia's financial divide
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Nov 6 (ANI): Digital technologies can bring new opportunities to provide financial services to vast underserved populations in Asia and the Pacific, ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Bambang Susantono said on Wednesday.
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Network for Crisis Management's 17th annual conference to be held in Phili
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The 17th annual Crisis Management Conference (CMC) of the Network for Crisis Management will be held in the Philippines' capital Manila on November 14 and 15.
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Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines kills 2
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 29 (ANI): At least two people were killed and many others sustained injuries after an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck the southern Philippines on Tuesday.
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Developing Asia needs to invest more than 5 pc of GDP over next decade for
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 29 (ANI): Developing Asian countries need to invest more than five per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade to be able to meet the infrastructure needs of their fast-growing economies, according to a newly-launched book co-published by the
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ADB hosts forum to promote farmers' livelihoods, rural development and foo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 28 (ANI): Ensuring access to nutritious, safe and affordable food enabled by modern technologies and creative policies is essential to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, participants heard at the Rural Development and Food Securit
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India deeply committed to strengthening bonds with diaspora: President Kov
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 20 (ANI): India is deeply committed to strengthening its bonds with its diaspora and attending to their needs, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday, while announcing that the centre has relaxed its rules and regulations for the diaspora living in the Philippi
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