Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec)

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud speaking at a press conference after the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) meeting at the NEC Conference Room in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on 1 December 2025. Photo: PID

Foreign consultant-dependent projects need to end: Planning adviser

"Many projects have incurred unnecessarily high costs. These could have been done at a lower cost, based on actual needs, but that did not happen," he said

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus chairs the sixth Ecnec meeting in the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka on 1 December 2025. Photo: PID

Ecnec approves 18 development projects worth over Tk16,000cr

A signboard marks Rabindra University’s “designated site” on four acres of filled land between the Gumani River and Chalanbil reservoir. Despite alternative options, the boat-only accessible site remains submerged for months, with fishermen using the area, raising concerns over its impracticality. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Proposed Rabindra Univ campus in Chalan Beel: Environmentalists urge alternative sites

Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud speaks at a meeting of the Ecnec at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on 17 August 2025. Photo: PID

Govt to renegotiate cost of 3 Jica-funded projects: Planning adviser

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Ecnec approves Tk1,818cr project to modernise 25 BREB power substations

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Ecnec approves Tk1,096cr project to modernise national statistical system

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Ecnec okays Tk3,287cr projects to modernise 5 institutions

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Ecnec approves two power projects worth Tk4,671cr

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting of ECNEC at the Planning Commission office on 24 May 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing

CA Yunus is not resigning; we are not leaving: Planning adviser after closed-door meeting

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks at the 10th meeting of the Ecnec at the NEC Conference Room in the city on 7 May 2025. Photo: PID

Ecnec approves Tk244.14cr project to enhance disaster resilience

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the Ecnec meeting held in Dhaka on 20 April 2025. Photo: PID

Ecnec approves 16 projects worth Tk24,247cr

The meeting, chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, was held at the NEC conference room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka today (2 February). Photo: PID

Ecnec approves 13 projects worth Tk12,532cr, including two for gas extraction

Ecnec held meeting today (23 December) at the Planning Commission in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. Photo: PID/Collected

Inflation proving difficult to tame: Planning adviser