The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Monday approved five development projects with an estimated total cost of Tk 483.43 crore.
Of the total, Tk 390.84 crore will come from the government exchequer, while Tk 92.59 crore will be financed through project loans or grants.
The approvals came at the ninth ECNEC meeting of fiscal year 2025-26 and the first meeting of the current government, held at the Cabinet Division conference room in the capital. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presided over the meeting.
Among the projects approved, the General Social Infrastructure Development Project-2 under the Local Government Engineering Department had its budget revised to Tk 1,450 crore and its completion deadline extended to June 2027.
The Char Development and Settlement Project-4, meanwhile, saw its cost reduced to Tk 30.7186 crore.
The IT Training and Incubation Center project received a cost increase of Tk 228.4454 crore, taking its revised total to Tk 533.5492 crore, with the project now set to continue until June 2026.
Funding for the modernisation of diagnostic imaging facilities in eight divisional medical college hospitals was revised to Tk 1,213.7050 crore, with the deadline extended to June 2028.
ECNEC also approved a revision to the Establishment of Gopalganj Dental College and Hospital project, raising its cost by Tk 26.49 crore to Tk 139.3093 crore and setting a completion target of June 2026.
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