The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved 16 development projects with an outlay of Taka 16,888 crore.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured Saudi Arabia of extending all support to its counterterrorism efforts.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the March 7 speech of Bangabandhu is an inspiration for the oppressed people of the world who are still fighting for their political and economic freedom.
The cabinet approved in principle a draft law to regulate the planned "bus rapid transit", a traffic system aimed to reduce the notorious traffic jam in the capital and its outskirts.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's March 7 historic speech of 1971 had inspired the Banglaee nation to get prepared for the freedom struggle with arms.