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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
ministry
The Ministry of Defence is focused on institutional reform and addressing grievances of personnel affected by political discrimination while managing a strategic pivot in defence procurement under fiscal constraints.
The government proposed a budget of Tk 42,497 crore for the Ministry of Defence for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer issued circular Ref: 23.17.0000.001.07.051.26.730.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited Malaysia to discuss defence cooperation and training exchanges.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited SPARRSO and directed its modernization for national security.
The Ministry of Defence announced retirement benefits for 150 officers who faced discrimination between 2009 and 2024.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman attended the July National Conference-2026 to commemorate martyrs of the 2024 July Uprising.
PM Tarique Rahman holds the Defence portfolio directly; he does not have a separate Defence Minister. AKM Shamsul Islam is Defence Adviser (state minister equivalent), additionally charged with AFD from April 6, 2026. MoD does not exercise command over armed forces -- operational command authority rests with the Armed Forces Division (AFD). Budget figure of Tk 40,698 crore converted to BDT: 406,980,000,000 (1 crore = 10,000,000). Staff count not publicly available at sanctioned-post level. 13th Parliament sworn in February 2026; BNP-led government under PM Tarique Rahman is the first elected government since the July 2024 uprising ended Hasina's administration.