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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 DNCRP requires enhanced inter-agency coordination and a significant expansion of field-level manpower to effectively curb price manipulation.
Commerce Minister proposed expanding DNCRP workforce from 366 to 1,762 posts to improve enforcement capacity.
DNCRP officials conducted surprise market inspections at Karwan Bazar to assess post-budget market stability.
DNCRP officials conducted market inspections at Mohakhali and Mohammadpur to monitor essential commodity prices.
DNCRP reported that consumer compensation for filed complaints surpassed Tk 10 million over the last decade.
Bangladesh Bank directed consumers to report extra charges for Bangla QR digital payments to the DNCRP.
DNCRP officials attended a capacity-building workshop for market monitoring team leaders.
DNCRP was established in 2009 as the field implementation arm of the Consumers' Rights Protection Act 2009 (Act No. XXX). It is a quasi-judicial department under the Ministry of Commerce (NOT Ministry of Public Administration, despite some older references), with headquarters in Dhaka and offices at every division and district. The National Consumer Rights Protection Council (chaired by the Commerce Minister) provides policy guidance; DNCRP executes at field level. Director General Farooq Ahmed (rank: Additional Secretary) is confirmed as the current head from the official DNCRP portal officer list; exact appointment date not verifiable from accessible public sources. The complainant-incentive mechanism (25% of realised fine) is a distinctive enforcement feature verified on the DNCRP portal. E-commerce enforcement precedent (17 firms fined, Shohoz writ) is verified from The Daily Star and TBS; the 12,000+ annual complaint figure is from a peer-reviewed IJRISS article (2025). head_since is set null because no primary-source date for Farooq Ahmed's appointment was found; should be updated when verified. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are not publicly disclosed in any accessed source.