<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the authorities concerned of all ministries and divisions to complete the foreign aided and grant projects speedily with additional efforts if required to expedite the country's development spree further.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The premier gave the directives while chairing the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area. The NEC approved a Taka 2.65 lakh crore ADP for the next fiscal year (FY25).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Division Senior Secretary Satyajit Karmakar said that the Prime Minister also directed the authorities concerned to reappoint the project directors and other officials in their specialized areas after completion of their training in concerned fields.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Planning Minister Major General (retd) Abdus Salam, State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker, Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned attended the briefing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Instead of not taking smaller projects, Satyajit said the premier advocated for taking district-based projects and thus entrusting the district-level officials for overseeing those projects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Renewing her call for creating a pool of project directors, Sheikh Hasina emphasized again on imparting necessary training to those projects directors and officials who lack training.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In order to enhance the implementation rate of the foreign aided projects, the Prime Minister asked the concerned ministries and divisions to apprise the ECNEC in every three months about the implementation progress of their respective aided projects to infuse dynamism in the implementation pace, reports BSS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier also directed the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) to take necessary steps to bring those firms who conduct feasibility study under a registration process so that quality feasibility study could be conducted in different fields.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>