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Compiled features on recent developments in regional cooperation and integration in the SASEC region.

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November 2023 Bangladesh Receives ADB Support to Establish Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $336.5 million loan financing under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) to establish vaccine, therapeutic, and diagnostic (VTD) manufacturing capacity and strengthen VTD regulatory capacity in Bangladesh. Read More Tags: Bangladesh, Health, ADB
September 2022 Bhutan, Nepal Express Gratitude for India’s Vaccine Maitri The Governments of Bhutan and Nepal expressed gratitude and appreciation for the Government of India at the United Nations General Assembly for the supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under the "Vaccine Maitri.” Read More Tags: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Health
September 2022 ADB Grant to Boost Maldives’ Booster and Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Program A $10 million grant from the Asian Development Bank’s Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility will help Maldives scale up the continuity of its vaccination program, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The grant, Maldives: Responsive COVID-19 Vaccination for Recovery Project, under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility, was committed on 27 September 2022 Read More Tags: ADB, Maldives, Health, COVID-19
December 2020 Bangladesh and India Inaugurate Restored Railway Link, Agree to Soon Operationalize the BBIN MVA The virtual summit held by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed their bilateral relationship amid the challenges brought on by COVID-19. They also jointly inaugurated the newly restored railway link between Haldibari (India) and Chilahati (Bangladesh), and agreed to soon operationalize the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA). Read More Tags: Bangladesh, India, BBIN, Connectivity, Energy, Trade, Health