Dhaka, March 1 -- The newly formed government has taken a move to expedite the annual development rate (ADP) of the country to an expected level although two-thirds of the fiscal period has been gone under the interim government.

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury gave the directive during his first meeting with senior officials of the ministry on his first day in office recently.

Irked with the very poor annual development, the minister asked the top officials to find out effective and implementable ways to improve the ADP implementation rate, according to the meeting sources.

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