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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Development Partner Watch: the donors, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Government Watch
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Bangladesh Betar is currently focused on overcoming bureaucratic bottlenecks and modernizing its infrastructure to maintain relevance in a digital-first media landscape.
The FY 2026-2027 national budget allocated funds for the modernization of the Bangladesh Betar Chattogram Centre.
Bangladesh Betar published a tender for the lease of a canteen facility (Tender ID: 11526221).
The Betar News Artists' Forum celebrated its 7th founding anniversary at the Rangpur Broadcasting House.
Bangladesh Betar concluded its long-term collaboration with China Radio International regarding FM broadcasts.
established_year set to 1971 (Bangladesh independence, when Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was reconstituted as Bangladesh Betar) per schema constraint (>=1947); radio transmission in Dhaka began December 16, 1939 under All India Radio as noted in mandate. Verification status is 'partial': the current DG A S M Zahid is confirmed from two independent sources (betar.gov.bd official contact page and multiple BSS/TBS news articles from August 2025), but his exact appointment date is not available from any primary source retrieved. The previous DG Md. Salah Uddin was appointed November 2024 (ABU announcement); before him Rabindra Sri Barua was appointed February 27, 2024 (AIBD + BCRA sources). Zahid appears to have taken the role sometime in early 2025 after Salah Uddin; no gazette notification found. Budget figure of Tk 2.1 billion for FY2024-25 comes from Prothom Alo (October 2024) citing accounts department officials; no FY2025-26 Betar-specific allocation found in national budget documents searched. Staff count of approximately 2,900 across 14 centres from same Prothom Alo source (corroborated by same article citing 3,000 including contract staff). Legal basis: Bangladesh Betar Authority Act 2001 (bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-878) found via search but full text inaccessible; National Broadcasting Authority Ordinance 1988 also cited in academic and regulatory sources as foundational. The Media Reform Commission's merger recommendation (BTV + Betar + BSS into one entity, to be called National Broadcasting Corporation) was made March 2025 and remains unimplemented as of May 2026. Broadcasting Ordinance 2026 draft was circulated January 28, 2026 with only 4 days for public comment; as of this verification date it has not been confirmed as promulgated. Turkey MoU event date March 28, 2026 from BSS (bssnews.net/news/372351) is a primary source.