ADP implementation rate 'disappointing': Zonayed Saki

‘Govt prioritises human resource dev over mega projects’

FE Team | Published: June 28, 2026 00:11:41

State Minister for Planning Zonayed Saki has expressed his disappointment over the implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) amid a slowdown in of development projects during the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, report agencies.
Addressing a discussion on a Shadow Parliament Debate Competition titled 'Implementation Efficiency is More Important than Financing to Reap the Benefits of the National Budget in capital on Saturday, Saki said the BNP government is trying to overcome this situation.
Debate for Democracy organised the event.
Bangladesh has seen 48 per cent of the ADP implemented in the first 11 months of the outgoing fiscal year, the lowest execution rate over the period in 16 years.
The interim government had initially targeted ADP spending of Tk 2.39 trillion for the fiscal year.
However, amid sluggish implementation, the National Economic Council (NEC) cut the programme by Tk 300 billion on January 12, reducing it to Tk 2.09 trillion.
The latest figures released on Thursday showed total expenditure of Tk 1.08 trillion across all development projects during the first 11 months.
In the same period of fiscal year 2024-25, ADP spending had amounted Tk 1.11 trillion, with an implementation rate of 49.08 percent.
Saki said the government does not want to embezzle money in the pretext of mega projects.
The mega projects undertaken during the 'fascist era' could cause vast economic loss and problems if they are stopped now, he said. "These are being selected for rationalisation."
He said the government has become more cautious about taking up mega projects after learning from past experience and is now focusing on necessary and practical projects.
Clarifying that the government focuses on revenue collection,Saki said initiatives have been taken to expand the tax net so that small shopkeepers pay a minimum amount of tax.