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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 DPDC remains the challenge of maintaining financial sustainability while simultaneously investing in massive infrastructure upgrades required to ensure uninterruptible power supply.
Issued tender for shifting underground cables for the DSSC Inner Circular Ring Road extension project.
Published recruitment notice for the position of Managing Director.
Tender deadline for the construction of an 11kV Express Feeder for Gabtoli City Palli.
Released detailed report of DPDC online application (LT) pending list for June 2026.
Issued multiple tender notices for Commercial Support Services (CSS) across various NOCS divisions.
Released Revised Annual Procurement Plan (RAPP) for FY 2025-2026.
DPDC was incorporated 25 October 2005 under the Companies Act 1994 as a 100% government-owned public limited company under the Power Division; it commenced operations 1 July 2008 upon takeover from DESA (dissolved 30 June 2008), inheriting approximately 6,500 staff and 6,55,908 consumers. Service area was later rationalised from the original 7,473 sq km to approximately 350 sq km covering Dhaka South City Corporation and adjacent Narayanganj/Tongi areas, with the remaining territory redistributed to DESCO and other entities. Staff figures: 5,718 sanctioned positions, 5,373 in post as of 31 August 2023 (Wikipedia, sourced from DPDC official data). Consumer count: 19,09,004 as of October 2025 (BSS/DPDC). Smart prepaid meter count: 10,66,005 as of October 30, 2025 (BSS). Current MD: leadership transition unclear -- Abdullah Noman (BUET-educated, 30 years sector experience, former ED ICT & Procurement) was appointed MD in February 2024; a new MD appointment notification appeared on DPDC's news archive dated July 24, 2025 but the appointee name is not confirmed in available sources; Bikash Dewan was MD from 2017 through at least 2021. current_head is set to null pending confirmation of the post-July-2025 incumbent. annual_budget_bdt is not publicly disclosed in accessible DPDC reports; executive summary PDFs exist at dpdc.org.bd but the February 2025 PDF was binary-compressed and could not be parsed. The 9.09% BERC evaluation committee suggestion found in FE is from November 2011, not 2026 -- not used in recent_activity. The 2026 BERC tariff hearing (May 20-21) is verified from Dhaka Tribune, Financial Express, and Prothom Alo; specific 2026 per-unit DPDC proposal amounts were not confirmed from primary sources and are therefore omitted. [2026-06-08 audit correction] current_head blank; DPDC has a sitting Managing Director per search; value left unchanged pending a confirmed name.