National Economic Council

The government is prioritizing economic stabilization and inflation control while focusing on the transparent and timely implementation of development projects.

NEC is the apex political body for Bangladesh's development planning, chaired by the PM; its executive arm ECNEC (Finance Minister as chair, PM as alternate) handles individual project approvals above Tk 50 million. The Planning Division provides the secretariat; meetings are held at the NEC conference room, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. entity_type is set to 'parliamentary_committee' per schema constraint; NEC is constitutionally a cabinet-level inter-ministerial council, not a parliamentary committee in the legislature sense. The '9th Five Year Plan' label used by the user prompt refers to the BNP government's five-year strategic framework under preparation (July 2026-June 2030 period); the Tarique government rebranded it from the Hasina-era 9th FYP as a 'strategic plan' rather than a formal five-year plan. No primary source confirms that this framework was a formal agenda item at the 18 May 2026 NEC meeting alongside the ADP; the two processes are concurrent but distinct as of the verification date. annual_budget_bdt is null: no separate operating budget for the NEC secretariat is publicly disaggregated from the Planning Division's budget line. staff_count is null: Planning Commission staff are counted under the Planning Division, not disaggregated to NEC secretariat.