Staff Reporter

The National Economic Council (NEC) will sit today to approve an Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (2008-09) beginning from July 1.
NEC chairman and Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to chair the meeting.
Total 876 projects costing Tk 25600 crore will be placed before the NEC that have been lined up in the draft development budget for implementation in the upcoming fiscal.
Out of the total ADP outlay, 53 per cent will be supplied from the internal resources while the rest from the external sources (foreign aid). [Read more]