, Jan. 2 -- The Planning Ministry, entrusted with steering Bangladesh's development agenda, ends 2025 under mounting criticism over its persistent failure to accelerate public project implementation, culminating in what officials privately describe as a record-low implementation pace under the Annual Development Programme (ADP).

Despite repeated assurances, reform pledges and frequent high-level review meetings, the ministry closed the year with chronic delays, persistent underspending and stalled flagship projects-raising serious questions about institutional capacity, coordination failures and accountability in public investment management.

According to official data from the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), o...