, Feb. 13 -- The implementation pace of government's development programmes has remained sluggish, with the Annual Development Programme (ADP) showing one of its lower execution rates.

During the first seven months of the current fiscal year, from July to January, the ADP implementation rate stood at around 21.52%, according to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the Planning Ministry.

Its data highlights that, in contrast, the same period last year saw an execution rate of 27.11%. The rate was 28.16%, 30.21% and 28.45% in 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21 respectively.

Specifically, for the period from July to January of the current fiscal year, the government managed to implement development projects worth Tk 5...