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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 Railway is currently focused on modernizing aging infrastructure and addressing critical shortages of locomotives and spare parts to improve operational efficiency.
Government issued a gazette notification providing fare concessions for passengers over 65 and persons with disabilities.
National budget for FY2026-27 proposed an allocation of Taka 9,940 crore for the Ministry of Railways.
Prime Minister chaired a meeting to discuss modernizing signaling systems and converting metre-gauge lines to broad-gauge.
Divisional Signal & Telecommunication Engineer published a tender for maintenance tools and battery systems.
Bangladesh Railway announced plans to place six additional Eastern railway trains under private management.
Railways Minister inspected the Padma Bridge Rail Link project and addressed concerns regarding viaduct soil removal.
Bangladesh Railway operates as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Railways (established as a separate ministry in 2011 when transport functions were split). The organisation traces rail history in Bangladesh to 15 November 1862 (Darshana-Jagoti broad-gauge opening), but as an independent sovereign entity Bangladesh Railway dates from 1971. Legal basis is the inherited Railways Act 1890 (Act IX of 1890), which bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd lists as in force. The network spans approximately 3,600 km (1,225 km broad gauge, 1,600 km metre gauge, remainder dual gauge); the Jamuna Bridge (1998) physically connected the previously isolated eastern and western networks. Director General Md. Afzal Hossain assumed office 8 December 2024 (appointment notification issued 28 November 2024 by Ministry of Railways), confirmed by bdnews24 and The Financial Express; he previously served as Additional DG (Infrastructure) and Project Director, Padma Bridge Rail Link Project. staff_count is 24,500 (actual filled posts against 47,637 sanctioned posts, per TBS News citing official railway data) -- the sanctioned-minus-filled gap of ~23,000 is a documented operational constraint. annual_budget_bdt is 119,440,000,000 (Tk 11,944 crore), the Finance Adviser's proposed FY2025-26 allocation per BSS; the revised (cut) figure of Tk 7,715 crore is noted in recent_activity/budget_actions. April 1 Habiganj derailment date confirmed by The Daily Star, TBS, Jago News24, and Dhaka Tribune across multiple contemporaneous reports. RITES contract date (20 May 2024) and value (USD 111.26 million / Tk 1,205 crore) confirmed by Urban Transport News, TBS, The Financial Express, The Print (ANI), and Railway Gazette International. 25% fare discount announcement date (3 March 2026) confirmed by The Daily Star, TBS, BSS, Prothom Alo, and Dhaka Tribune; as of late April 2026 the metro rail authority began rolling back the student component -- implementation status remains partial/pending. Mymensingh intercity announcement (14 May 2026) sourced solely from BSS wire (bssnews.net/others/387006) -- single source flagged; content aligns with documented railway policy direction. Verification based on 2+ independent primary sources for all events except the Mymensingh announcement.