Dhaka, May 3 -- Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Thursday sought policy based lending (PBL) supports from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for undertaking trade policy, logistics, climate and LDC graduation reforms.

During a bilateral meeting with President of the ADB and the Chairperson of ADB's Board of Directors Masatsugu Asakawa, Minister Ali also requested ADB to increase concessional climate finance and facilitate cross-border energy trade.

In the meeting held on the sidelines of the 57th annual meeting of the Manila-based ADB, he also requested the ADB to assist Bangladesh in its initiatives for tax sector reform, undertaking projects for river restoration and developing some of the thrust sectors of its economy such as, jute, ...