The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 13 major development projects with an aggregate outlay of ৳15,823.57 crore.
Chaired by Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Tarique Rahman at the Cabinet Room of the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday (September 29, 2026), the meeting cleared financing comprising ৳10,118.33 crore from government funds, ৳5,252.96 crore in project loans, and ৳382.28 crore from implementing agencies' internal resources. The package encompasses eight new initiatives, three revised projects, and two tenure extensions, spanning health system responses to TB, HIV/AIDS, and malaria, Patuakhali Medical College, Financial Sector Support Project-2, Musapur regulator construction, Meghna erosion control in Bhola, digital land survey systems, solar power land acquisition in Feni, Chittagong Hill Tracts power grid expansion, and the ongoing Phase-1 expansion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Additionally, the committee was briefed on 15 sub-৳50 crore projects approved under the Planning Minister's delegated authority across educational, power, and municipal infrastructure domains.
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