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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 the safe transition of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to its first grid-connected electricity generation while maintaining public trust.
Divisional-level Science Fair and Olympiad held in Rangpur under MoST supervision.
MoST and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission hosted a High-Level Strategic Roundtable on Nuclear Energy in Ishwardi.
Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam stated the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to connect 300 MW to the grid by late August 2026.
The 47th National Science and Technology Week commenced at the National Science and Technology Complex in Dhaka.
MoST Secretary Md Anwar Hossain emphasized the need for research outcomes to improve public life.
MoST Public Relations Officer Abdullah Al Mamun served as an election commissioner for the Atomic Reporters Bangladesh executive committee.
annual_budget_bdt stores 12,869 crore = 128,690,000,000 BDT (Tk 12,869 crore). Breakdown: operating Tk 714 crore + ADP development Tk 12,155 crore (FY2025-26). Minister holds a dual portfolio with Posts/Telecom/ICT; Science and Technology is a distinct ministry under the same minister. BANBEIS (Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics) is under the Ministry of Education, NOT MoST -- the task brief incorrectly grouped it here; it has been omitted from this record. MoST's key subordinate bodies: BAEC (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, est. 1973), BAERA (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority, est. under Atomic Energy Regulatory Act 2012), BCSIR (Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, est. 1973), Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Ltd. (NPCBL), National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB), Bangladesh Reference Institute for Chemical Measurements (BRiCM), National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST), BANSDOC. SREDA (Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority) falls under Power Division, not MoST. Rooppur NPP cost increase verified via TBS News and Prothom Alo from primary MoST/NPCBL press statements; original approval cost Tk 1,13,093 crore, revised to approx. Tk 1,38,686 crore due to exchange-rate adjustment. Ministry established as a standalone ministry in 2002; prior to that, science and technology were administered under combined ICT-science portfolios.