Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation is still on a weak trajectory as the implementing agencies have failed to revamp the usual execution of development projects, officials say.

They say the ADP execution rate during the first seven months of FY26 slowed to a five-year low, with government agencies utilising only 21.18 per cent of the allocation.

According to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), the agencies spent Tk 505.56 billion between July and January against the allocation of Tk 2.39 trillion.

This represents a downward trend compared to the same period in previous years.

In this period of FY25, the ADP spending rate was 21.52 per cent, official data shows.

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