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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 Textiles is under pressure to modernize its regulatory framework, professionalize its workforce, and manage state-owned assets through private-sector partnerships.
Secretary of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, held an exchange meeting with Department of Textiles officials.
The Institution of Textile Engineers & Technologists (ITET) held its 15th Council Election with advocacy for a BCS Textile Cadre.
Minister of Textiles and Jute briefed Parliament on initiatives to revive state-owned mills through Public-Private Partnerships.
Director General Md Nuruzzaman confirmed by Wikipedia infobox (cross-checked via Daily Sun reference to DG Nuruzzaman chairing a stakeholder consultation at DoT conference room); head_since is null because the precise appointment date is not available from open sources. Established year 1978 is cross-checked across Wikipedia and Ministry of Textiles and Jute sources. The DoT issues two licence types under the Textile Industry (Registration and One-Stop Service Centre) Rules 2021 (made under Textile Act 2018): a proposed licence valid for two years pre-production and an existing licence post-production commencement; environmental clearance and fire safety licence are mandatory pre-conditions. The DoT administers 41 textile vocational institutes (source: Wikipedia/Textile schools in Bangladesh, cross-checked via search results referencing individual TVI websites under dot.gov subdomains) and 10 BUTEX-affiliated government textile engineering colleges with 1,200 total B.Sc seats. The Darwani Textile Mills PPP tender was floated by BTMC (the sponsoring authority under MoTJ), not directly by DoT; DoT's role in that process is as the mill registration/licensing clearance authority once the mill resumes commercial production. annual_budget_bdt is null: no separate DoT budget line is published in accessible FY2025-26 national budget documents. staff_count is null: not disaggregated in any open source. activity_score 5 reflects a department active in licensing administration and institute oversight but not a daily news figure.