Dhaka, March 18 -- The implementation of the Annual Development Plan (ADP) for the first eight months of the current fiscal year has been recorded at 24.27 percent, falling well short of the progress year on year.

The progress over the same period last year was marked at 31.17 percent.

Data from the planning ministry's Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) says the progress in the 2024-25 financial year is the lowest in the last decade and a half.

Following the shift in the political landscape after the July Uprising, the sluggish development projects gained some momentum in December, but again lost pace over the next two months.

IMED says in February, the cost of implementing development projects was Tk 76.76 billi...