Dhaka: During the parliament session state minister for youth and sports Biren Sikder on Tuesday said the government had undertaken a project to construct mini-stadium at all upazila headquarters for improving quality of sports.

“The implementation of the project would begin in the next fiscal year (2015-2016) as the ECNEC approved it,” he told the parliament while replying to a tabled question from treasury bench member Selina Begum.

The Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the project under some conditions, the state minister said.

Replying to another question from treasury bench member M Faridul Haque Khan, Biren said the government has been implementing various projects and programmes to make unemployment youths into a productive force.

He said the government is also providing training to unemployment youths on 74 trades and providing loans for making them self-reliant.