The interim government has implemented only 2.39 percent of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first two months of FY2026, falling behind the same period last year despite a trimmed budget. In July and August, a total of Tk 57.15 billion has been spent from the development budget, compared with Tk 71.43 billion during the same period in FY2025, when implementation stood at 2.57 percent. The data was released on Monday by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under the planning ministry. The slowdown comes despite the government rolling out a reduced, austerity-focused ADP for the current fiscal year. Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud, speaking after an ECNEC meeting in August, warned that the implementation rate was “concerning”.
