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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 NHA is balancing the mandate to provide 100,000 affordable flats with the need for transparent and corruption-free service delivery.
Government proposed a budget of Tk 5,079 crore for the Ministry of Housing and Public Works for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Issued invitation for e-Tenders (Memo No-25.38.0000.612.14.001.24-285) for repair and maintenance works.
Published tender ID 11528319 for a detailed digital topographic and physical feature survey of acquired land.
Minister Zakaria Taher announced plans for low-income housing in 37 slums and a residential project in Dattapara, Gazipur.
Published tenders for RCC boundary wall construction (ID 11529124) and 13-storied residential building works (ID 11529030).
Published tender ID 11529638 for the installation and commissioning of a passenger lift.
NHA was formally established 15 July 2001 when the National Housing Authority Act 2000 came into force, merging the Housing and Settlement Directorate (rooted in a post-1947 Partition Housing Wing elevated to directorate status in 1971) and the Deputy Commissioner Settlement office. Headquarters: Grihayan Bhaban, 82 Segunbagicha, Dhaka. The current minister with oversight of NHA is Zakaria Taher (Housing and Public Works); Mirza Abbas, who previously held this same ministry under Khaleda Zia (2001-2006), is currently Adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman with ministerial rank (sworn in February 17, 2026) but does not hold the Housing and Public Works portfolio in the present cabinet -- that is held by Zakaria Taher as the elected minister. Chairman Mosammat Ferdousi Begum confirmed via TOB News (March 1, 2026) and BSS (March 1, 2026); head_since date not found in any primary source and is left null. staff_count and annual_budget_bdt omitted: no primary-source figures found; LinkedIn and third-party profiles give 500-1,000 employees but this is not verified against NHA's official sanctioned-post list. The two Mirpur ECNEC-approved projects (December 1, 2025) represent NHA's single largest recent capital commitment; inheritance rights for '36 July' flats remain unresolved pending a policy to be framed during construction. Digitisation directive of May 14, 2026 is sourced solely from BSS (one source); flagged accordingly -- verification_status remains 'verified' because all other key fields are cross-checked from 2+ sources.