Dhaka, June 24 -- Bangladesh has implemented just 49.08 percent of its revised Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024-25, leaving a shortfall of Tk 1.05 trillion in development spending.

Total expenditure between July and May stands at Tk 1.11 trillion, sharply down from Tk 1.46 trillion in the same period last year.

Data from the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the planning ministry shows the lowest ADP implementation rate for this period since FY2010.

At the same point in FY2023, the rate stood at 57.54 percent.

Earlier data from IMED had shown that by the end of February, implementation under the original ADP stood at just 24.27 percent.

The percentage ...