Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated funds and food grains to 280 parliamentary constituencies, excluding city corporation areas, to support local development and assist communities. However, lawmakers have criticized the allocation as insufficient, warning that the BNP-led government may face pressure in the ongoing parliamentary session. The ministry initially proposed Tk 5.5 million and 200 tons of rice or wheat per constituency, but after the minister’s illness, the amount was reduced to Tk 2.5 million and 20 tons of food grains in the first phase.

Officials said the funds will be used for small-scale infrastructure projects such as mosque repairs, rural road paving, and cemetery maintenance, while food grains will aid disaster-affected and poor families. The allocation marks the first since the government took office in February 2026. Ministry insiders noted that rising global prices have made development costs higher, making the current allocation inadequate.

Sources added that the government plans to reinstate a previous system allowing MPs to receive lump-sum allocations, reversing an interim government policy that had abolished it. Officials fear this could lead to misuse and inequality in constituency-level development funding.