Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Alarmed by a sluggish start in development expenditure, the government will hold an inter-ministerial meeting next week to review why implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first two months of FY2025-26 fell below last year's level.

Talking to reporters after the ECNEC meeting at the NEC conference room, Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Wednesday said the ADP implementation in July-August this year stood at just 2.39 percent, slightly down from 2.57 percent in the same period of FY2024-25.

Historically, the rate hovers between 3 and 4 percent in the first two months, raising concerns about the slower momentum this year.

"We had expected a faster start this time, but that hasn't happen...