ADP implementation

ADP spending by 10 ministries, divisions was zero in July

Ten ministries and divisions failed to spend a single penny on development projects in the first month of the current fiscal year, according to government data.
24 August 2026

Bangladesh’s development spending rises 29% in July

Despite the increase in spending, the implementation rate remained unchanged at 0.69 percent
24 August 2026

Academic buildings need timely repair

We are concerned by the dilapidated condition of the academic buildings and residential halls in Noakhali Government Women’s College, which serves more than 7,000 young women and girls.
30 June 2026

Nobody wants to be a project director now

Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud says
1 December 2025

ADP implementation lowest in five years

The government implemented only 41% of ADP in 10 months
19 May 2025

ADP spending in Jul-Feb 14-year low

Spending under the annual development programme (ADP) has been going slow in the current fiscal year (FY), with implementing agencies using just 31.17 percent of the total allocation till February this year, showed official figures.
21 March 2024

Poor choices in ADP revision

We need policies designed to reduce inflation and alleviate the foreign exchange crisis
26 January 2023

How to make development projects more time and cost-effective

Delays and lack of quality control are a major concern when it comes to development projects.
18 October 2022

Govt to miss ADP target again

The pace of implementation of development schemes of the government hit a three-year high in May of the outgoing fiscal year with Jatiya Sangsad secretariat topping the list while the Finance Division sits at the bottom.
15 June 2022

28 foreign-aided projects see slow implementation

The implementation of at least half a dozen foreign-aided projects involving more than Tk 6,000 crore has become uncertain as those
29 December 2017

ADP implementation slows down

The World Bank in its latest Public Expenditure review has found that 22 per cent of the development projects over the last five years...
1 December 2015

Shortfall in ADP utilisation

Most ministries and divisions of the government fail to utilise the full financial allocation made to them annually.
10 June 2015