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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend financial assistance of $615 million for a major bridge project in Bangladesh which will help accelerate growth and poverty reduction in the country's poor and underdeveloped southwest.

New York: In an effort to address the growing problem of non-communicable diseases, representatives from 40 European countries will gather in Norway tomorrow under the auspices of the United Nations health agency to discuss what the region needs to do to respond to the crisis.

New York: Discussions at an international forum in Russia on restoring the global tiger population from the brink of extinction have resulted in a United Nations-led alliance to fight wildlife crime and put an end to the key drivers threatening the wild cats around the world.

New York: The main greenhouse gases have reached their highest concentration levels since pre-industrial times, a United Nations climate research body said today.

New York: Despite efforts by an increasing number of countries to safeguard the resilience of the world’s food production system, much more needs to be done to catalogue, conserve and better manage the genetic diversity of livestock, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

New York: States worldwide have a human rights obligation to remedy the wrongs suffered by trafficked persons, according to an independent United Nations human rights expert.

New York: The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the approaching entry into force of a landmark new treaty to deter enforced disappearance after Iraq became the 20th State to ratify the convention, paving the way for it to become effective in the next 30 days.

NEW DELHI - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a joint venture agreement with India's NTPC Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Company of Japan to develop and operate 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects in India in the next three years.

BHOPAL: Brisk preparations are on for a grand Bharatiya Janata Party show, scheduled to be held in Bhopal on Nov. 29. The show is being organised to felicitate the Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan on completion of five years in office. Mr. Chauhan is the first BJP leader-and in fact the first non-Congress leader-to have completed five years as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

KOLKATA: At long last, Marxists in West Bengal, coming to terms with the bitter backlash of the Singur and Nandigram agitations, are fighting back in the only way they know.