KATHMANDU: The government has decided to approve the assistance provided by the Asian Development Bank for the development and modernisation of city areas of the country.

“The meeting of the Council of Ministers held in Singhadarbar today approved the 150 million US dollar assistance provided by the ADB for the same,” said Minister for Finance  Gyanendra Bahadur Karki.

The meeting also took some decisions on the day-to-day works of the administration, he added.