The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to come up with a hefty support of around $2.5 billion in the next calendar year (2026) against a good number of projects in its continued efforts to strengthen further its relationship with Bangladesh.
“The ADB is likely to provide around $2.5 billion to Bangladesh for funding at least 10 development projects next year,” said a senior official of the Ministry of Finance.
The manila-based multilateral development financier has almost finalised such financing plan in its recently held Country Programming Mission (CPM) for 2026.
Besides, fund will be kept ready as ‘standby fund’ as guardrails against any emergency or priority for Bangladesh beyond the 10 projects.
“The ADB CPM completed its mission last week. It sat for a wrap-up meeting with the ERD. It has assured Bangladesh of providing at least around $2.5 billion worth of funds for several development projects in 2026,” a senior ERD official told the BSS.
Its Country Programming Mission (CPM) is an annual report that details planned lending and grants for Bangladesh over a year or multi-year period such as the 2023-2025 lending pipeline.
The Manila-based lender has prioritized five key areas– climate-resilient development, energy efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs), social protection, and catalyzing structural reforms–to boost the country’s economic development and private-sector growth.বিস্তারিত