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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 BPC is focused on increasing national fuel reserves to 90 days to mitigate supply chain risks from Middle East geopolitical instability.
BPC received Cabinet Committee approval for a new fuel import proposal for June-August 2026.
BPC issued an international tender for the transportation of 100,000 MT of Arabian Light Crude Oil.
BPC received administrative approval from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division for the new fuel procurement plan.
Energy and Mineral Resources Division issued a notification maintaining retail fuel prices for July 2026.
Government confirmed procurement of 480,000 tonnes of fuel from Unipec Singapore to increase reserves.
Bangladesh signed a $3.3 billion financing agreement with ITFC for petroleum imports for the 2026-27 financial year.
Chairman Md Rezanur Rahman appointed 2 February 2026 per Ministry of Public Administration notification (jagonews24.com); his appointment date cross-checked against reporting in india.com and bdnews24.com identifying him by name as BPC Chairman in March-April 2026. BPC was established by Presidential Ordinance No. 88 dated 13 November 1976 under the Bangladesh Petroleum Act 1974 (Banglapedia, Wikipedia). BPC oversees eight subsidiaries: ERL (wholly owned), LP Gas Limited (wholly owned), ELBL (wholly owned), PTCPLC (wholly owned), Padma Oil Company PLC (joint venture), Meghna Petroleum Limited (joint venture), Jamuna Oil Company Limited (joint venture), and SAOCL (50% stake). The restructuring to five entities (Meghna+Jamuna merger; ERL+ELBL+SAOCL merger) was approved May 2026. Diesel price history cross-checked: Tk 100/litre held through April 2026 per The Daily Star; raised to Tk 115 on 7 May per BSS and Daily Star. Eastern Refinery shutdown dates: CDU halted 12 April 2026, resumed 7 May 2026 (26 days) per BSS, New Age, Financial Express, and Daily Star. The Bangladesh-US energy MoU was signed on 14 May 2026 (US date) at US DOE, Washington; BPC is the designated sectoral implementing entity for petroleum product imports. Annual budget figure not published in accessible form on BPC website as of May 2026; BPC budget 2025-26 page exists at bpc.gov.bd but detailed figures are in Bangla PDF not extracted here. Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all material claims.