Dhaka, May 20 -- With just two months remaining in the current fiscal year, Bangladesh has managed to implement only 41.31 percent of its Annual Development Plan (ADP), marking the lowest 10-month implementation rate in the past 15 years.

As of April, the slow pace of project execution raises concerns about the government's ability to meet development targets before the fiscal year closes in June.

The implementation rate is significantly lower than last year's 49.26 percent during the same period, according to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

In fact, the figure appears deceptively higher due to a mid-year downsizing of the ADP.

Earlier in February, implementation stood at just 24.27 percent, and the 10-mo...