Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said that confusion and hesitation within various ministries and implementing agencies have caused a pile-up of development projects ahead of the upcoming national election.

Speaking to reporters after an ECNEC meeting on Monday, he noted that many officials assumed that project approvals would slow down once the election schedule was announced. "There was a perception that nothing would move because the election schedule was imminent. But that is entirely incorrect," he said.

Dr Mahmud emphasised that the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) will continue operating as usual and that ongoing development projects will not come to a halt.

"Developmen...