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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
The Department of Environment faces significant challenges in enforcing environmental regulations due to systemic implementation gaps and the need for improved inter-agency coordination.
DoE and partners held a noise awareness rally in Dhaka for World Environment Day.
DoE Director General attended a high-level meeting regarding a nationwide 5-year, 25-crore tree plantation program.
Government proposed a budget of Taka 2,240 crore for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for FY 2026-27.
State Minister for Environment warned DoE officials regarding industrial pollution and ordered the formation of monitoring teams.
Cabinet Division formed a 26-member executive body of the National Environment and Climate Change Committee.
Established 1989 as a reorganisation of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control (est. 1985), itself a successor to the 1977 Environment Pollution Control Board and Cell. The legal mandate derives from Section 4 of the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act 1995 (ECA 1995), which formally constituted DoE as a statutory department. The ECR 2023 replaced the 1997 rules and is the operative subsidiary legislation governing ECC issuance. Staff count of 1,133 reflects expansion after 21 new district offices were established with 468 new posts; the original sanctioned strength was approximately 665. DoE now operates through a head office (Agargaon, Dhaka), 8 divisional offices, and 50 district offices. Current head Dr Md Kamruzzaman NDC has been in post at least since early 2025 (signed the UNOPS MOU in February 2025); exact appointment date not confirmed in available sources, so head_since is null. The annual_budget_bdt field is null because the Tk 2,144 crore FY2025-26 figure is the entire MoEFCC ministry budget, not the DoE line specifically; DoE's own budget line is not disaggregated in publicly available BSS or MoF documents. The World Bank Clean Air Project ($290 million, P502572, approved June 18, 2025) is the largest single financing instrument in DoE's institutional history; DoE is the lead PIU. The January-April 2026 anti-pollution campaign figures (Tk 24 crore fines, 648-670 brick kilns shut) are cross-confirmed by TBS News and BSS News. Dhaka AQI 179 for 2026 (annual average to date) sourced from aqi.in historical analysis, consistent with DoE's own monthly reports and IQAir rankings. The 3,491 illegal brick kiln closure directive was announced by Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan in September 2024; enforcement through 2025-2026 is ongoing but kiln re-opening after closure remains a documented problem. [2026-06-08 audit correction] DG updated to Dr. Md. Lutfur Rahman (appointed ~26 Apr 2026).