Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned not to go for mega projects and instead take up small ones focusing on rural development and public welfare.

The government yesterday approved revisions to three projects involving Tk 3,707 crore, pushing up the collective completion cost by some Tk 1,053 crore. 

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved four projects, including a Tk 567 crore one, to develop the runways of three domestic airports -- Jashore, Syedpur and Rajshahi -- to ensure the safe landing and take-off of aircraft.

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves eight projects involving Tk 5,142.06 crore including the one to widen and strengthen important upazila and union roads in Dhaka Division worth Tk 2,606 crore.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approves the ‘Sheikh Hasina Nakshipalli, Jamalpur (1st phase) Project’ involving Taka 722 crore in a bid to enhance the civic facilities of the Nakshi entrepreneurs, handloom and handicraft workers there.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approves a total of 15 projects worth Taka 17,987 crore.

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves a total of 14 projects including one for improving security along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar and prevent intrusion from Myanmar.