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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 biggest issue facing the BTMC is the complex challenge of reviving long-shuttered, loss-making textile mills while simultaneously managing the legal and financial liabilities—such as outstanding worker dues and land ownership disputes—that complicate the transfer of these assets to private investors.
BTMC participated in a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister's Office regarding the utilization of land and infrastructure of closed state-owned factories to attract investment.
The Minister of Textiles and Jute informed Parliament that 15 of the 25 state-owned textile mills under BTMC have been selected for operation under the PPP model.
Workers of Jalil Textile Mills issued a statement demanding the payment of outstanding dues before the mill's land is transferred for the expansion of the Bangladesh Ordnance Factory.
BTMC was formed under President's Order No. 27 of 1972 (Bangladesh Industrial Enterprises Nationalisation Order), which took 74 privately owned textile factories into state ownership effective 1 July 1972; twelve additional mills built under annual development programmes brought the original portfolio to 86. The portfolio has contracted sharply through closures, leases, and PPP handovers and now stands at 18 operational mills (Wikipedia; motj.gov.bd). BTMC carries the largest loan liability of any Bangladeshi state-owned enterprise: Tk 76.54 billion in bank loans with approximately 99% non-performing (Wikipedia, cross-checked against New Age SoE losses report, article ID 256245). Current chairman: Brig Gen SM Zahid Hasan confirmed as signatory on the Kurigram Textile Mill lease agreement (January 26, 2025) and listed on the official BTMC officer directory; appointment date not published by MoPA in any source retrievable at verification date -- head_since set null. Earlier, Brig Gen Md Jakir Hossain was appointed chairman by MoPA order on August 19, 2024 (Rising BD, Daily Bangladesh); the succession from Jakir Hossain to Zahid Hasan is confirmed by evidence but the transition date is unverified. Three mills leased by January 2026: Valika Woolen Mills (Chittagong) to Loyal Tex Limited; Sylhet Textile Mills to Fast Icon Limited; Kurigram Textile Mill to Western Engineering Private Limited. Darwani Textile Mill (Nilphamari): operated 1980-1995 (25,056 German spindles, cost Tk 11.9 crore), closed 1995 citing losses, ran intermittently under contracts until 2022, now fully shut; PPP tender notice floated July 29 (year inferred as 2025 from TBS article context; PPPA site confirms project active). Dinajpur Textile Mill: 38 acres, 25,000 Indian spindles, operated 1978-2007 when shut after Tk 5 crore annual losses; included in same PPP tender round as Darwani. May 4, 2026 meeting: PM Tarique Rahman personally chaired, directed project approval streamlining and investor loan facilitation -- confirms highest political priority for BTMC's lease-out programme. Bangla name follows official BTMC portal spelling.