Ministry of Planning

Ministry of Planning comprises two operative divisions: Planning Division (plandiv.gov.bd) and the Programming Division; the Bangladesh Planning Commission (plancomm.gov.bd) functions under its umbrella. Established 31 January 1972 per presidential order (established_year set to 1972). Current head Zonayed Saki holds a joint State Minister portfolio covering both Finance and Planning; he is not a full Cabinet Minister. Secretary of the Planning Division is Iqbal Abdullah Harun (predecessor Satyajit Karmakar's contract cancelled August 2024). The annual_budget_bdt field is null: the ministry's own administrative budget is not separately reported in primary sources; the ADP allocation it manages is Tk 2,30,000 crore (FY2025-26). Padma Barrage cost cross-checked across BSS (Tk 34,497.25 crore), The Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune, bdnews24, and Prothom Alo -- figures consistent. ADP FY2026-27 proposed Tk 3,00,000 crore confirmed by BSS and TBS; NEC meeting set for 2026-05-18. Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all key claims. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.