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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 Customs is focused on meeting an ambitious FY2026-27 revenue target while implementing digital reforms and modernizing customs valuation.
NBR extended the deadline for entering paper-based VAT returns into the e-VAT system to June 30, 2026.
Official publication of the Customs Tariff for FY2026-2027, detailing duty structures for various goods.
Dhaka Customs House issued a special e-auction notice for goods at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Newly appointed NBR Chairman Ahsan Habib urged tax officials to uphold integrity as the new fiscal year began.
Bangladesh Customs operates as the customs administration arm of NBR, not as a standalone department with a single director general; it is organized into commissionerates (Chattogram Custom House at chc.gov.bd being the largest, plus Dhaka Custom House at dch.gov.bd, Benapole, and others). The Customs Act 2023 (effective 6 June 2024) replaced the Customs Act 1969 and introduced Bangla-language statute, AEO, MRA, post-clearance audit, and WTO TFA alignment. The current_head field is null because Bangladesh Customs has no single named head: each commissionerate has its own Commissioner; the Chattogram Custom House Commissioner (Mohammad Shafi Uddin per the chc.gov.bd officer list, though this could not be independently verified from a second primary source as of 2026-05-17) leads the most significant revenue unit. head_since is null for the same reason. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null: no centralized staffing or operational budget figure for Bangladesh Customs as a whole appears in available primary sources; the NBR Capacity Building document at nbr.gov.bd references sanctioned post categories but the numerical totals are not in the publicly accessible excerpt. verification_status is 'partial' because: (1) the current Chattogram Commissioner's name could not be confirmed from two independent primary sources; (2) a centralized staff count is not publicly available; (3) the BPC/Petrobangla duty arrear figures are cross-confirmed by TBS News and The Daily Star (two independent primary sources) and are therefore verified; (4) revenue collection figures are cross-confirmed by The Daily Star and The Financial Express. The Customs Act 2023 establishment date of 1972 in established_year reflects the formal establishment of Bangladesh Customs as a distinct agency under NBR Order 1972; the current governing statute is the Customs Act 2023.