New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Asian Development Bank's latest investment proposal in Bangladesh's Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) offers a useful lens through which to examine a wider development challenge facing South Asia's hilly regions. On 1 September 2026, ADB approved a $175 million concessional loan for the Sustainable Energy Development and Community Empowerment in the Chattogram Hill Tracts Project. The project will extend and modernize electricity distribution networks across 26 remote upazilas in Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban. It is expected to provide additional electricity access to at least 88,000 households, including about 35,000 households belonging to small ethnic communities. The investment includes 5,032 kilometres of...