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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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BEZA is currently focused on transitioning from planning to implementation by streamlining bureaucratic processes and unifying investment agencies.
BEZA advanced a Tk4,189 crore infrastructure project for the Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone in Anwara.
ASEAN Dhaka Committee delegation visited the Bangladesh Special Economic Zone in Araihazar to discuss cooperation.
Government announced plans to establish new economic zones in Gazipur, Barguna, and Pirojpur.
BEZA signed an MoU with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation for an economic zone at Mongla Port.
BEZA secured $65.1 million in new investment commitments for the National Special Economic Zone.
Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun concurrently heads both BIDA (appointed 12 September 2024) and BEZA (additionally appointed 18 September 2024); he is the first private-sector appointee to lead either agency. On 7 April 2026 the Cabinet Division granted him state minister rank. BEZA's governing board is chaired by the Chief Adviser (Prime Minister equivalent under the interim government) with members including the Finance Minister and Bangladesh Bank Governor. Staff count of 130 is the sanctioned strength per BEZA's own 'at a glance' page; actual deployed headcount not separately published. Annual budget not disaggregated in any accessible public source; set to null. The 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar' brand name is under review by the interim government but retained here as the legal/official name per BEZA's own website as of May 2026. The Indian EZ at Mirsharai (323.75 ha) is distinct from the broader National SEZ spanning 33,805 acres at the same location; the Indian allocation was a sub-parcel now reassigned. The Mongla Indian EZ (110 acres) was a PPP zone with PowerPac-PPMKPPL JV as developer; the Indian G2G layer (not the PPP layer) was what was cancelled. Japanese EZ in Araihazar, Narayanganj is a separate zone from the Mirsharai complex; 'Japanese Mirsharai EZ' in the task brief refers to Japanese investor interest in Mirsharai's National SEZ, not the Araihazar zone.