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Published : 20 Oct 2025, 11:38 PM
Implementation of Bangladesh’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first quarter of the 2025–26 fiscal year has risen slightly compared with the same period last year, which was marked by political turmoil.
From July to September, spending reached 5.09 percent of the total allocation, up from 4.75 percent during the same quarter of 2024–25, according to data released on Sunday by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the planning ministry.
In September alone, expenditure stood at 2.70 percent of the allocation, compared with 2.18 percent in the corresponding month a year earlier.
Between July and September, a total of Tk 121.58 billion was spent, compared with Tk 132.15 billion in the same period last year.
Spending on development projects is usually lower at the beginning of a fiscal year and tends to accelerate as months progress.
Officials said the anti-government movement in July last year slowed down implementation compared to usual. Deteriorating law and order, curfews, and complete shutdowns disrupted ongoing development work.
After the fall of the previous government on Aug 5, 2024, many contractors aligned with the Awami League reportedly went into hiding. When the new administration took office, it launched reviews of several projects, leaving development activities largely stalled for much of the fiscal year.
The government also suspended a number of projects, citing budget cuts and political considerations. As a result, ADP implementation slumped to its lowest in two decades.
By the end of 2024–25, only 67.85 percent of the revised ADP allocation had been spent -- around 13 percentage points lower than the previous year’s 80.63 percent.
According to IMED’s records, available since 2004–05, no other fiscal year saw such a low implementation rate.
