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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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The BIWTC is currently struggling with a navigability crisis in key river routes that has reduced ferry trips and government revenue.
Ministry of Shipping formed a probe committee including a BIWTC representative to investigate a ferry ghat bus accident.
BIWTC issued an administrative NOC for an employee's visit to Canada.
BIWTC hosted a World Seafarers' Day event and presented awards for outstanding bravery.
BIWTC published administrative notices regarding staff promotions, transfers, and exam suspensions.
The State Minister for Shipping directed BIWTC to improve passenger services on waterways.
BIWTC was constituted under President's Order No. 28 of 1972 by absorbing the East Pakistan Shipping Corporation and nine private shipping companies; the order vested all their assets and liabilities in the new corporation. Headquarters: Dhaka. Parent: Ministry of Shipping (not a separate Shipping Division -- unlike BBA under Bridges Division, BIWTC sits directly under the Ministry). Current Chairman Md. Salim Ullah took office on March 6, 2025 per New Age reporting; earlier chairmen in the post-August 2024 interim period included SM Ferdous Alam (Maritime Gateway) and an interim appointment under Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain's shipping portfolio. staff_count omitted: no primary-source figure found in accessible public documents. annual_budget_bdt omitted: BIWTC's budget is embedded in the Ministry of Shipping allocation and not publicly disaggregated in accessible Finance Division documents. The Daulatdia incident of March 25, 2026 (26 deaths) is the most significant recent governance event: multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, TBS, Prothom Alo, Jago News 24) cross-confirm the date, death toll, and BIWTC infrastructure failures. Probe findings (pontoon railings absent, mechanical bus failure cited) sourced from Views Bangladesh and TBS with the April 1, 2026 submission date confirmed by the Rajbari District Administrator. Fleet expansion sourced from BSS, Financial Express, and bdnews24 with consistent Tk 677 million cost figure. Verification: 2+ primary sources cross-checked for all key claims.