Bangladesh, March 23 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to make available financial assistance with US$ 4.20 billion over a period of next three years for developing Bangladesh's infrastructure and alleviating poverty, officials said on Friday.

A team from the Manila-based lender is likely to visit Bangladesh early next month to hold discussions with the relevant government agencies for finalising its country operations plan, said an official of the Economic Relations Division (ERD).

He said the ADB will prepare a Country Operations Business Plan (COBP) 2020-2022 for Bangladesh, under which the organisation will operate its upcoming lending programmes.

The ADB is the second largest multilateral development partner of Banglad...