Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said on Sunday, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies warned of widening havoc. Thousands of homes were damaged and livestock wiped out, the Taliban-run refugee ministry said, while
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$120m ADB loan for community resilience in villages
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a loan agreement for $120 million to improve access to basic services and climate resilience of remote and rural communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Sharifa Khan, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, and Edimon Ginting, ADB
Technology expansion boosts fish production in villages
Fish production has increased significantly for the last couple of years in the country as a result of technology service expansion to the villages. Simultaneously, the fisheries resources have been playing a vital role towards the country's economy. So, the government has been implementing various time-fitting projects aimed at cherished development
