Timor Leste

Building basic services and infrastructure that is resilient to climate change are the two pillars of the new country partnership strategy (CPS) the Asian Growth Bank (ADB) has established for Timor-Leste. These initiatives promote the country’s...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through its Timor-Leste Resident Mission (TLRM), organized an event today to celebrate the institution’s 50-year anniversary working on Asia and the Pacific’s development, while affirming its long-term commitment and...

News Hour: FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of the ban imposed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary Committee on the General Secretary of the Timor-Leste Football Association, who was found guilty of using...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $225,000 grant to help reduce poverty in Timor-Leste by funding long-term improvements in the volume and quality of coffee produced by smallholder farmers. The ADB assistance...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $49.65 million loan to upgrade 105 kilometers of road connecting the capital, Dili, and the second-largest town, Baucau, located on the north coast with cofinancing from...

News Hour: The Government of Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today officiated the launch of Banco Nacional de Comércio de Timor-Leste’s (BNCTL) first ever automated teller machines (ATMs). Estanislau da Silva, Minister of State,...

News Hour: Paolo Spantigati, joined as the new Country Director of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Timor-Leste Resident Mission (TLRM) in Dili, Timor-Leste. He said, he will encourage private sector development to drive inclusive economic growth...

News Hour: A scantily-dressed, heavily made-up young woman has been rescued from a karaoke bar, where she has been forced to have sex with clients. She is five months pregnant and shaking from drug withdrawal. She...