Around 43% of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has been implemented in the first nine months of the outgoing 2014-15 fiscal year, said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in parliament.
“A total of Tk77,842 crore was allocated against 1,453 projects under the ADP in the 2014-15 fiscal year. In the nine months, from July 2014 to March 2015, Tk36,925 crore of that allocation has been expended, indicating a 43% implementation of the ADP,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday told parliament that there are now a total of 510 foreign nationals in various Bangladeshi jails.
Of them, 368 are accused, 62 convicted and 80 have already completed their jail terms, the junior minister said in response to a query.
He also said that among the detained foreign nationals, the highest 237 are from Myanmar, 202 are Indians, 43 Pakistanis, 10 Nigerians and seven Thais.
There are also detainees from Malaysia, Nepal, Tanzania, Cameroon, Peru, Algeria and Ghana.
