ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Bangladesh and ADB
ADB’s support for Bangladesh advances climate resilience and socioeconomic recovery from external shocks with a focus on job creation, social protection, and sustainable infrastructure and development.
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In the Spotlight
ADB Lends $400 Million to Support Climate Priorities in Bangladesh
ADB has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support the Government of Bangladesh in implementing its National Adaptation Plan, 2023–2050 and Nationally Determined Contributions 2021 Update to the Paris Agreement to achieve a climate-focused inclusive development.
Climate Change: We Need a New Approach to Financing Adaptation
To urgently close the adaptation gap, a new and innovative approach is needed in funding and financing climate change adaptation strategies.
New ADB Initiative to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Heat Stress in Asia
ADB has launched a new initiative to better understand and invest in adaptation to the impacts of heat stress on women and girls across Asia and the Pacific.
ADB Loan to Boost Energy Supply and Distribution in Dhaka, Bangladesh
ADB has approved a $160 million loan to Bangladesh to help upgrade Dhaka’s power distribution network, enhancing its efficiency and increasing energy supply.
Bangladesh Facts
ADB's Work in Bangladesh
Exports, remittances, and domestic consumption buoyed Bangladesh’s economy in fiscal year (FY) 2022, which ended on 30 June 2022. Gross domestic product growth was at 7.1%, up from 6.9% in FY 2021. Growth, however, was dampened by the global economic slowdown caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which affected Bangladesh’s economy through a widening external balance and rising inflation.
ADB is a key source of external assistance for Bangladesh, providing $2 billion on average every year since 2016. ADB’s assistance is aligned with the country’s Eighth Five-Year Plan, 2021–2025 and the Perspective Plan, 2021–2041.
Data: Bangladesh
Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Development indicators for Bangladesh, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
ADB Projects in Bangladesh View all projects
Featured
In recent decades, Bangladesh has emerged as a leading textile exporter globally due to its low labor cost and high-quality products.
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Proposed
- Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization Fund
- Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund
- Asian Clean Energy Fund
- Asian Development Fund
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia II
- Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility
- Clean Energy Fund
- Climate Change Fund
- Community Resilience Financing Partnership Facility
- Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund
- Global Environment Facility
- Global Partnership for Education Fund
- Green Climate Fund
- High-Level Technology Fund
- Investment Climate Facilitation Fund
- Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology
- Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific
- Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism
- Japan Special Fund
- Leading Asia's Private Infrastructure Fund
- Netherlands Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility
- Project Preparation and Implementation Support Trust Fund
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Financing Partnership Facility
- Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund
- Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund
- Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund under the Water Financing Partnership Facility
- Technical Assistance Special Fund
- United Kingdom Fund for Asia Regional Trade and Connectivity
- Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund
- Water Financing Partnership Facility
What's New
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ADB Lends $400 Million to Support Climate Priorities in Bangladesh
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New ADB Initiative to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Heat Stress in Asia
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ADB Loan to Boost Energy Supply and Distribution in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh–ADB 50 Years of Partnership: Building a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Future
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
$200 Million ADB Loan to Promote Efficiency and Energy Transition in Bangladesh
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
ADB to Help Develop Vaccine Production in Bangladesh
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| Publications, Guides
Climate Risk Screening System for Mainstreaming Adaptation into Bangladesh’s National Development Budgeting
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Asian Development Bank and Bangladesh: Fact Sheet
Contact: Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM)
Plot E-31, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh, GPO Box No. 2100
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Sunday to Thursday)
Fax +88 02 223 374030 to 31
Established in 1982, Bangladesh Resident Mission's primary responsibilities include:
- Initiate and maintain dialogue with the government on issues that are of relevance to ADB operations in the country
- Strengthen project processing and portfolio management
- Prepare the country partnership strategy and its annual updates
- Strengthen working relations with the government, development partners, NGOs, civil society, and the private sector
- Plan and prepare ADB's substantive economic and sector work for Bangladesh
- Promote external relations and disseminate information about ADB and its operations
BRM will be closed on these dates:
- International Mother Language Day: February 21 (Tuesday)
- Independence Day: March 26 (Sunday)
- Eid-ul-Fitr*: April 23, 24 (Sunday, Monday)
- Buddha Purnima*: May 4 (Thursday)
- Eid-ul-Adha*: June 28, 29 (Wednesday, Thursday)
- National Mourning Day: August 15 (Tuesday)
- Durga Puja*: October 24 (Tuesday)
- Christmas Day: December 25 (Monday)
* = Subject to moon sighting
Last updated: 9 December 2022