Dhaka, June 28 -- The Bangladeshi construction sector is set to experience a significant deceleration in growth, with projections indicating a slowdown from 3.4 per cent in real terms in 2024 to just 1.1 per cent in 2025.

This outlook, highlighted in the newly released Bangladesh Construction Market Size, Trends, and Forecasts by Sector to 2029 (H1 2025) by ResearchAndMarkets.com, attributes the downturn to sustained political instability and the scaling back of the country's Annual Development Programme (ADP).

In March 2025, the National Executive Committee (NEC) revised the ADP allocation for FY2024-25 (July 2024-June 2025) to TK. 2.2 trillion (USD 17.6 billion), an 18.5 per cent reduction from the original budget and 11.8 per cent lo...