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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
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The Finance Division is currently focused on navigating significant fiscal challenges—including substantial inherited power sector liabilities and high debt repayment obligations—while attempting to stabilize the economy through structural tax reforms and improved public expenditure management.
The national budget for FY2026-27 (Tk 9.38 lakh crore) was presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
The Ministry of Finance held a post-budget press conference to discuss the fiscal strategy and reform agenda for the new financial year.
The Jatiya Sangsad passed the Finance Bill 2026, incorporating revisions such as an increased tax-free income threshold and the withdrawal of investment disclosure provisions.
The mandatory A-Challan system for all government revenue and receipts took full effect, abolishing manual challan methods.
The Finance Division issued a circular revising honorarium rates for officials and employees involved in recruitment and promotion examinations.
Finance Division is one of two operative divisions under the Ministry of Finance (the other being the Financial Institutions Division at fid.gov.bd). It is the principal budget authority and public expenditure manager. Secretary Dr. Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder (appointed 28 August 2023, replacing Senior Secretary Fatima Yasmin) holds a PhD from the University of Essex and an MA from McGill University; he was previously Additional Secretary (Macroeconomic) in Finance Division and Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division. Website finance.gov.bd resolves to mof.gov.bd (the Finance Division portal); mof.portal.gov.bd is the legacy portal. The annual_budget_bdt field records the FY2025-26 total budget being executed (Tk 7,90,000 crore = 790,000,000,000 BDT). The 9th Pay Commission (23-member body headed by former Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan) submitted its report on 21 January 2026; gazette notification was not issued as of 2026-05-17. Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all quantitative claims.