With an around 16 per cent lower allocation for the health sector, the next fiscal year's annual development programme (ADP) with a Tk 274,674 crore outlay is going to be presented at a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) today.

Nine out of ten Bangladeshi children say it is very important for the government to spend more on education, health and other areas that directly impact children, according to a new survey of Unicef.