, Jan. 25 -- The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 25 development projects worth Tk 45,191.27 crore including a 1,000-bed Bangladesh-China Friendship General Hospital in the northern region.

Of the total project cost, Tk 10,881.40 crore will be financed from government funds, Tk 32,018.09 crore from project loans and Tk 2,291.78 crore from the implementing agencies' own resources.

The approvals were given at an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC Conference Room in the Planning Commission complex, chaired by Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus.

Two projects -the establishment of a 1,000-bed Bangladesh-China Friendship General Hospital to provide advanced medical servic...