The agreements were signed at the Economic Relations Division in Dhaka on Thursday by Kazi Shofiqul Azam, secretary of ERD, and Manmohan Parkash, country director of ADB. The agreements include a $100 million grant to support displaced people in Cox’s Bazar camps, a $25.44 million grant for solar-powered pumps in irrigation, and a $225 million loan to improve secondary education quality and relevance. Parkash stated that the grant for Cox’s Bazar was processed quickly in response to a request from the government in May 2018. He also mentioned that the secondary education project will support the government's reform efforts and help prepare youth for a growing economy. Additionally, he highlighted the benefits of the solar-powered irrigation project in terms of energy security, environmental protection, and climate change mitigation. The ADB's $100 million grant project aims to assist displaced individuals living in camps in Cox's Bazar by focusing on water supply and sanitation, disaster risk management, energy, and roads. The project will improve roads within the camps to connect crucial food distribution and storage centers and provide emergency access. Additionally, it will upgrade the road from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf and other important sections. The funding of $25.44 million will be used to install a minimum of 2,000 off-grid solar photovoltaic pumping systems in areas without electricity access, producing an estimated 19.3 megawatts-peak of solar capacity. By replacing diesel pumping systems with off-grid solar photovoltaic pumps, the project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 17,261 tons annually. The secondary education project, set to finish in 2023, is aiding the government's extensive secondary education development program with the support of development partners. The government aims to have approximately 3.5 million more secondary school students by 2023, which will necessitate an extra 145,000 teachers and 10,000 additional schools. The $225 million ADB assistance will help create a competency-based curriculum, encourage the integration of ICT in teaching, and enhance classroom assessment methods.