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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 is focused on reforming local government infrastructure and cooperative systems while managing the transition of legacy projects.
LGED revived a Tk 49.64 billion rural road rehabilitation project.
State Minister chaired a meeting to finalize plans for municipal dumping yards across 330 municipalities.
LGD issued instructions to Deputy Commissioners to allocate khas land for municipal waste management.
Ministry confirmed project director transfer and investigation regarding Shahid Zia Shishu Park modernisation.
Rural Development & Co-operatives Division approved ex-Bangladesh leave for State Minister Mir Shahe Alam.
Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir inspected skill development programs at the ESDO Training Center.
State Minister Mir Shahe Alam attended the 104th International Day of Cooperatives.
Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met with JICA President Dr. Tanaka Akihiko regarding infrastructure.
Ministers attended a ceremony for the release of a commemorative stamp for National Rural Development Day.
Budget figure of Tk 36,101 crore is the FY2025-26 proposed allocation for the Local Government Division per Daily Sun budget reporting; Ministry of Finance LGD budget document (Grant No. 34, Code 137) confirms the figure. Annual_budget_bdt = 361,010,000,000 (Tk 36,101 crore expressed in BDT; one crore = 10,000,000). Ishraque DSCC mayoralty: EC gazetted Ishraque on 27 April 2026 after March 27 tribunal verdict; oath is held up because a writ petition in the Appellate Division made it sub-judice as of mid-May 2026; LGD Secretary confirmed no bar to oath once courts clear. The ministry does not oversee Home Affairs or the Bangladesh Police DC cadre (those sit under MoHA/MoPA); however, LGD coordinates with DCs on rural development and ADP implementation as confirmed at DC Conference 2026. Staff count not published by LGD. The World Bank $370M program (P506770) is managed by LGD; LGD Oracle Cloud document confirms LGD as program manager. Established year 1971 per Wikipedia; mandate traces to Article 59 of the Constitution and the Rules of Business of the Government of Bangladesh. [2026-06-08 audit correction] Established corrected 1971 -> 2001 (current ministry formed 20 Dec 2001); budget corrected to combined LGRD FY26 Tk 42,433cr (was Tk 36,101cr, LGD sub-allocation only).