Staff Reporter :
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Monday approved 12 development projects involving a total outlay of Tk7, 150.21 crore entirely funded from government resources.
The approvals came during Ecnec’s fifth meeting of FY26, held at the NEC Conference Room in the Planning Commission. Chief Adviser and Ecnec Chairperson Dr Muhammad Yunus chaired the session.
Of the projects endorsed, eight are new, two have undergone revisions, and two received deadline extensions without additional cost. The proposed “Land Registration Management Automation” project from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs was returned for further examination rather than approved.
The 12 projects approved in the meeting are:
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (Rural Development & Cooperatives Division) – 2 projects:
1. “Important Rural Infrastructure Development in Manikganj District” with Tk450 crore.
2. “Rural Infrastructure Development
in Satkhira District” with Tk1,930 crore.
Ministry of Agriculture – 1 project:
3. “Improvement of Minor Irrigation System in Haor Areas of Kishoreganj and Netrokona Districts” with Tk164.94 crore.
Ministry of Education – 2 projects:
4. “Infrastructure Development of Gazipur Agricultural University” with Tk567.29 crore.
5. “Establishment of One Engineering College in Each of Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions (2nd revised)” with an additional cost of Tk394.84 crore.
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs – 1 project:
6. “Construction of Independence Monument at Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhaka (Phase 3) (1st revised)”.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare – 3 projects:
7. “Implementation of the Remaining Activities of Essential Family Planning, Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Services Under the Completed 4th Sector Programme”, 1st revised.
8. “Integrated Development for Operational Management of the Directorate of Health Education, NIPORT and Directorate of Nursing & Midwifery” with Tk211.90 crore.
9. “Implementation of Essential Remaining Activities of PFD, HEF, IFM, HRD and SWPMM” with Tk1,546.45 crore.
Ministry of Defence – 1 project:
10. “Construction of ‘B’-Type Officers’ Residential Buildings at Nirjhor Residential Area, Dhaka Cantonment” with Tk177.80 crore.
Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges – 1 project:
11. “4th Time Extension (2nd revised) for Construction of Kalia Bridge over Nabaganga River at the 21st Kilometre of Narail-Kalia District Highway”
Ministry of Industries – 1 project:
12. “BSCIC Industrial Park, Tangail (3rd revised)” with an additional cost of Tk39.43 crore.
The meeting was also informed about nine projects earlier approved by Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud.
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed; Adviser for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs and Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Asif Nazrul; Adviser for Home Affairs and Agriculture Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury; Adviser for Industries and Housing & Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan; Adviser for Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Road Transport & Bridges, and Railways Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan; Adviser for Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Water Resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan; Health & Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum; and Disaster Management & Relief and Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq E Azam, Bir Pratik, were also present.
