Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- The Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate fell to 6.53 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY27), down from 8.33 percent in the same period last fiscal year, reflecting a slower pace of development spending.

According to the latest report of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), ministries and divisions spent Tk 20,519.64 crore during July-October against the total ADP allocation of Tk 3,08,924.86 crore for FY27.

In the corresponding four-month period of FY26, development expenditure stood at Tk 19,878.08 crore, accounting for 8.33 percent of the allocation for that year.

The figures show that although spending in monetary terms increased by Tk 641.30 c...