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ADB approves USD 1 billion emergency loan for Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 6 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a USD 1 billion emergency loan for cash strapped Pakistan to provide support to the country's public finances and help strengthen its slowing economy.
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ADB, ACAMS partner to improve anti-money laundering capacities in developi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 4 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) are partnering in the pilot rollout of an internationally accredited online training programme to boost anti-money laundering and know-your-client
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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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Typhoon Kammuri makes landfall in Philippines, thousands evacuated
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Luzon [Philippines], Dec 3 (ANI): Authorities evacuated thousands of people from their homes to safer places as a powerful typhoon, 'Kammuri', made landfall on Luzon, Philippines' largest and most populous island on Monday evening.
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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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China rules the waves and waives the rule
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): China likes to assure neighbours and the rest of the world that it will never interfere with civilian freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. However, that hard-to-believe stance has been shown to be totally duplicitous as China's naval and paramilit
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Is India-Philippines trade relation set to bloom?
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Singapore, Nov 11 (ANI): With the Philippines economy growing at a fast rate, Indian businesses can capitalise on potential opportunities to grow trade relations between the two countries.
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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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