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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
department
SPARRSO is under an urgent government mandate to modernize into a self-reliant institution capable of supporting national security and border surveillance through indigenous satellite and remote sensing capabilities.
SPARRSO issued a call for research papers for the Journal of Remote Sensing and Environment Volume 6.
Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser visited SPARRSO to discuss enhancing its role in national security and satellite development.
Office order issued regarding police verification forms for new staff candidates.
Approval of ex-Bangladesh leave for a Senior Scientific Assistant.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman conducted a surprise visit to SPARRSO, directing the agency to modernize and achieve self-reliance.
SPARRSO traces its operational origins to 1968 when it hosted an NASA Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) ground station; formal institutional history runs from 1972 (SARC created within BAEC) through 1980 (SARC merged with the Bangladesh Landsat Programme to form SPARRSO by executive order) to 1991 (statutory reorganization via Act No. 29). The established_year field is set to 1980, which is the year of formal organizational creation as SPARRSO (the 1991 Act reorganized and gave statutory structure to the already-existing body). Legal basis confirmed by Wikipedia, Banglapedia, UN-SPIDER, and govserv.org cross-reference. Chairman Md. Rashidul Islam (Additional Secretary rank, previously posted at the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education) was appointed via Ministry of Public Administration gazette notification on or around October 16, 2023; confirmed by Daily Sun and The Asian Age (both October 2023). Staff count of 190 (scientists, technical, and non-technical) sourced from Banglapedia; no contradictory figure found in other primary sources. SPARRSO annual budget is not separately disclosed in publicly accessible English-language sources; annual_budget_bdt left null. Bangladesh Satellite-1 (launched May 12, 2018 from Kennedy Space Center; 40 Ku-band and C-band transponders; built by Thales Alenia Space) was formerly named Bangabandhu Satellite-1; renamed after August 2024 political transition. BSCL (formerly BCSCL) assumed operational control from BTRC in 2025; SPARRSO's Telipara (Gazipur) ground station is part of the satellite's two-station control infrastructure (the second station is at Bethbunia, Rangamati). Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all material claims.