Prime Minister's Japan visit: ECNEC meeting postponed, approval of Tk 9,000 crore projects delayed

The meeting was scheduled to be held in the morning at the NEC conference room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, the capital, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Tareque Rahman. Although the government mentioned 'unavoidable reasons', sources in the Planning Commission said that the decision to postpone the meeting at the last moment was taken to facilitate preparations for the Prime Minister's Japan visit on Sunday evening and the completion of related official work.

Among the notable projects awaiting approval at the meeting were—digging two gas wells in the Titas gas field, establishing Netrokona University, and establishing nuclear medicine centers in five medical colleges of the country. In addition, a total of 15 projects were on the approval list, including purchasing vehicles for the police, safe water supply in the Barind region, Innovation Climate Smart Urban Development, and road and drainage development of Dhaka South City Corporation.