Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has slowed to one of its weakest levels in two decades, with only 21 percent of the allocation spent in the first seven months of the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Data released on Wednesday by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division shows 21.18 percent of the ADP was utilised between July and January, slightly lower than 21.52 percent in the same period a year earlier despite last year's political turmoil.

The rate also trails the previous three fiscal years -- 27.11 percent in 2023-24, 28.16 percent in 2022-23, and 30.21 percent in 2021-22.

In absolute terms, spending stood at Tk 505.56 billion, down from Tk 598.76 billion in the corresponding period of F...