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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 BSFIC is shifting from direct government funding to seeking private investment to revive or repurpose its loss-making state-owned sugar mills.
Industries Minister discussed plans to convert industrial byproducts and upgrade Carew Distillery and North Bengal Sugar Mills.
BSFIC inaugurated a three-day training program for agricultural officials at Faridpur Sugar Mill.
BSFIC published a tender notice for the lease of a pond.
Renwick, Jajneswar & Co. (BD) Ltd. issued a tender for the procurement of hardware items and materials.
Government announced a reform to open 13 idle BSFIC factories to private investment via partnerships or leases.
BSFIC was formed on 1 July 1976 by merging Bangladesh Sugar Mills Corporation (BSMC) and Bangladesh Food & Allied Industries Corporation (BFAIC), both established under Presidential Order No. 27 of 26 March 1972. The specific 1976 presidential ordinance or order number establishing BSFIC was not found in publicly indexed sources; the merger date and predecessor order are confirmed across multiple secondary sources and BEF. BSFIC operates 15 sugar mills in total; six have been shut since the Awami League government's suspension order of December 2020 (Panchagarh, Setabganj, Kushtia, Shyampur, Rajshahi, and Carew's and Co. Ltd). Current head: Md. Rashidul Hassan holds the chairmanship with additional charge responsibilities per BSS News reports from the 2025-26 crushing season inaugurations; the position had previously been held by Sheikh Shoebul Alam (retired August 2024 at the political transition) and briefly by Md. Arifur Rahman Apu (post-transition interim appointment, per Daily Sun). Lipika Bhadra, referenced in some 2024 reports as chairman-grade official, sent the December 23, 2024 letter requesting treasury bills; exact title and tenure boundaries for the Apu-to-Hassan transition were not resolvable from available sources -- treat current_head as provisional. Staff count: not available in publicly indexed primary sources. Annual budget: not available in indexed sources; BSFIC's financial position is characterised by accumulated losses rather than a conventional budget allocation. Sonali Bank bond: The Daily Star (published date aligned with late 2024 filings) reported Tk 6,600 crore (Tk 63.33 billion); the figure is separately corroborated by ChiniMandi and Financial Express. Total five-bank debt of Tk 9,338 crore (Prothom Alo, 2024) versus Tk 10,518 crore (TBS, early 2026) reflects either additional interest accrual or inclusion of off-balance-sheet items; both figures are sourced independently. Kushtia Sugar Mill land-to-economic-zone conversion: approved at BEZA governing board meeting chaired by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus (October 2025 per TBS); MoU with India on Kushtia EZ predates the current government. S. Alam & Co. partnership for Setabganj (1,250 TCD plant expandable to 2,500 TCD) was announced but implementation status as of May 2026 is unclear from indexed sources.