ADP implementation drops to 2.39% in July, August of FY26

The interim government has implemented only 2.39 percent of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first two months of FY2026, falling behind the same period last year despite a trimmed budget. In July and August, a total of Tk 57.15 billion has been spent from the development budget, compared with Tk 71.43 billion during the same period in FY2025, when implementation stood at 2.57 percent. The data was released on Monday by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under the planning ministry. Although August showed marginal year-on-year improvement, the overall figure remained depressed due to a particularly weak July, when only Tk 6.9 billion was spent -- equivalent to 0.69 percent of the allocation -- compared with Tk...