A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) is underway with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair.

The meeting began on Wednesday morning at the Public Administration Conference Room of the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat, according to a release from the Prime Minister’s Press Wing.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Social Welfare Minister AZM Zahid Hossain, Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain, Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Aminur Rashid Yasina and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, among other committee members, are present at the meeting.

Officials concerned also have attended the meeting to place and discuss various development project proposals.