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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 corporation is focused on revitalizing its portfolio of loss-making and closed industrial units by transitioning them into productive economic zones through private-sector investment.
BSEC participated in a government meeting to propose transforming idle factory sites into economic zones and high-tech industrial hubs.
The government initiated plans to open four BSEC-owned industrial sites to private investment via public-private partnerships or leases.
BSEC was included in a Ministry of Finance report evaluating the financial metrics and fiscal risks of state-owned enterprises.
BSEC was formed on 1 July 1976 by merging two predecessor corporations -- Bangladesh Steel Mills Corporation and Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation -- under Ordinance No. XXV of 1976 (2nd Amendment to the Bangladesh Industrial Enterprises Nationalisation Order 1972). It initially managed 62 enterprises; by 2025 only 8 remain operational. Three enterprises -- Atlas Bangladesh Ltd, National Tubes Ltd, and Eastern Cables Ltd -- have had 49% shares offloaded to the public and employees. Dockyard and Engineering Works Ltd (Narayanganj, est. 1922) and Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd were transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 7 December 2006 and are no longer under BSEC. Khulna Shipyard Ltd (KSY) is a separate government enterprise under the Ministry of Defence managed by Bangladesh Navy since 1999; it is frequently misattributed to BSEC in secondary sources. Bangladesh Blade Factory Ltd (BBFL) was established by BSEC in 1984. Current chairman Nuzhat Yasmin (appointed 11 March 2025, Ministry of Public Administration notification) replaced Md Anwarul Alam who held the position as additional secretary on deputation. Staff count and current consolidated budget are not published in verified accessible form; FY2019-20 aggregated figures are the most recent available from official government portals. The BSEC e-Shop (bseceshop.gov.bd) sells products of BSEC enterprises online, integrated with Sonali Payment Gateway per a December 2024 agreement.