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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 Mongla Port Authority is navigating a geopolitical shift in development partnerships, transitioning from previously proposed Indian-backed projects to new agreements with Chinese state-owned entities.
Rear Admiral Arif Ahmed Mostafa assumed office as the new Chairman of the Mongla Port Authority.
Bangladesh and China signed an agreement for the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to develop an economic zone near Mongla Port.
MPA issued a tender notice for the procurement of air conditioning units for the Senior Audit Officer's office.
Establishment year is 1987, the date on which the Chalna Port Authority (constituted May 1977 under Ordinance No. LII of 1976) was formally renamed Mongla Port Authority; the port itself has operated at Mongla since 1954 following relocation from the Chalna anchorage (opened to foreign vessels 11 December 1950). The legal foundation remains the Mongla Port Authority Ordinance, 1976. Chairman Rear Admiral M Shaheen Rahman's appointment date is not confirmed by any primary source located; the portal biography page returned a TLS certificate error. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are omitted pending official MPA source. Revenue target of Tk 600 crore for FY2025-26 is confirmed by TBS, Financial Express, BSS, and Textile Today. The 21,651 TEU and 515 foreign ships figures are explicitly for the seven-month period July 2025 to January 2026, not a calendar H1; the user-requested framing as 'FY26 H1' is approximately correct. The +79% YoY figure (79.19% to be exact) is verified by BSS (bssnews.net/business/361976) and apparel resources cross-coverage. Pashur Channel dredging cost appears as Tk 1,538.19 crore in the ECNEC approval announcement (Financial Express, Dredging Today) and approximately Tk 1,600 crore in the August 2025 MoU signing report (BSS); the ECNEC figure (Tk 1,538.19 crore) is used as the more precise primary source. Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel is a separate inland waterway route to Mongla operated by BIWTA; the primary active dredging project under MPA authority is the Pashur Channel (Navy MoU). The 180-day plan was announced 21 February 2026; its 180-day window expires approximately 20 August 2026.