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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 division is focused on managing a massive infrastructure pipeline while balancing new project feasibility with the financial sustainability and modernization of existing assets.
Finance Minister proposed Tk 2,908 crore allocation for the Bridges Division in the 2026-27 national budget.
Bridges Division Secretary inspected progress on Jamuna Bridge and SASEC-2 project.
Tk 4.5 crore earmarked from BBA budget for a feasibility study on a second Padma Bridge.
Bridges Division announced an initiative to establish a unified, RFID-based Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) network.
BBA reported Tk 3,429.45 crore in total toll revenue from Padma Bridge and repayment of Tk 2,516 crore to the government.
Bridges Division established 31 March 2008 via government notification, carved from the former Communications Ministry. Secretary Mohammad Abdur Rouf (promoted 27 February 2025) also serves as Executive Director of Bangladesh Bridge Authority ex officio -- a structural feature that makes the secretary simultaneously divisional head and BBA chief executive. The BBA was established in 1985 as Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority, renamed BBA on 19 December 2007, and operates under the Bangladesh Bridge Authority Act 2016. annual_budget_bdt is omitted: publicly available FY2025-26 budget documents do not disaggregate the Bridges Division allocation separately from the broader MORT envelope in sources accessible at verification date; the parent ministry file records Tk 32,329.57 crore for Road Transport and Highways Division only. Padma Bridge ETC: RFID-based electronic toll collection operational at both Mawa and Jazira plazas via Pubali Bank, Jamuna Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Nagad, and bKash. Karnaphuli Tunnel: project cost Tk 10,374 crore (~US$930 million); built by CCCC; opened 28 October 2023; operated under Karnaphuli Tunnel Authority post-rename. Jamuna Rail Bridge (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge): 4.8 km, dual-gauge, double-track; inaugurated 18 March 2025; JICA-funded; can carry trains at 120 km/h (broad gauge) and 100 km/h (metre gauge). Verification: 2+ primary sources cross-checked for all key claims.