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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 biggest issue facing the Directorate General of Family Planning is a persistent, long-term shortage of essential contraceptives caused by stalled procurement processes.
Dr. Zinnat Rehana assumed office as the new Director General of the DGFP.
The DGFP held a meeting with the Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) to discuss strengthening collaboration.
The DGFP opened the application process for the recruitment of 43 Midwife positions.
An e-Tender notice was issued for the procurement of Normal Vaginal Delivery Kits.
An e-Tender notice was issued for the procurement of electric equipment.
Established August 1975 as Directorate of Family Planning under the Division of Population Control and Family Planning; confirmed by DGFP official history page (dgfp.gov.bd) and dgfpbd.org historical background. Current Director General Dr Ashrafi Ahmad, NDC confirmed by DGFP official website ([email protected] contact), UNFPA Bangladesh FP Strategy 2025-2030 launch report, and TBS procurement reporting; head_since left null as appointment date not found in available primary sources. Staff count of 50,648 sanctioned posts with 25 percent (approximately 12,720) vacant is sourced from Prothom Alo and TBS reporting cross-verified against the MEFWD parent record. Annual budget not separately broken out for DGFP in the Finance Division budget portal; figure omitted rather than estimated. National Family Planning Strategy 2025-2030 launch date is 28 October 2025 per UNFPA primary source -- the MEFWD sibling record incorrectly dates this event as March 2026. Contraceptive crisis figures (1/3 of 487 upazilas on red alert as of 20 April 2026; 1.795 million condoms, 2.963 million oral pills, zero implants, IUDs exhausted in 395 upazilas) cross-verified across BD Pratidin, Daily Star, TBS, Japan Times, Dawn, and Pakistan Today. CPR 58.2 percent (vs 62.7 percent in 2019) and TFR 2.4 sourced from MICS 2025 (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics/UNICEF) as reported by Daily Star and TBS. The 5th HPNSP procurement stall since July 2024 confirmed as root cause by TBS and Dawn.