, Dec. 23 -- The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 22 development projects with a total estimated cost of Tk 46,419.66 crore, with the majority of the funding to come from government sources.

Of the total project cost, Tk 30,482.49 crore will be financed from the government exchequer, Tk 1,689.61 crore from project loans and Tk 14,247.56 crore from the implementing agencies' own funds.

The approval came at an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC Conference Room on the Planning Commission premises, chaired by Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus.

Among the approved projects, 14 are new, five are revised and three involve extensions of project tenure.

Under the Road Transport...