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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
constitutional
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is currently navigating the complex challenge of balancing its institutional independence with the urgent administrative necessity of clearing a massive backlog of pending cases.
The Appellate Division stayed a High Court judgment instructing the government to establish an independent secretariat for the Supreme Court.
High Court Division benches disposed of 6,199 old criminal miscellaneous cases as part of a special drive to reduce case backlogs.
The Appellate Division adjourned the hearing of the appeal regarding the Supreme Court Secretariat until September 1, 2026.
The High Court disposed of 20,740 old cases in four working days following directives from Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury.
The Appellate Division barred Aslam Chowdhury from taking the oath as a Member of Parliament due to loan default.
Established under Part VI, Chapter I of the 1972 Constitution (Articles 94-116). The court has two divisions: the High Court Division (original, writ, and first appellate jurisdiction) and the Appellate Division (final court of appeal). As of May 2026, the High Court Division has approximately 103 judges (77 permanent, 26 additional) and the Appellate Division has 6 judges including the Chief Justice. CRITICAL CORRECTION on current head: The task specification named Syed Refaat Ahmed as Chief Justice; this is out-of-date. Justice Refaat retired on 27 December 2025 at mandatory retirement age after serving as 25th Chief Justice since 11 August 2024. The incumbent 26th Chief Justice is Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, sworn in 28 December 2025. ICT-Hasina case: ICT-1 convicted Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in absentia on 17 November 2025 for crimes against humanity (July-August 2024 uprising crackdown, up to 1,400 civilian deaths); sentenced to death on certain counts and imprisonment till natural death on others. ICT prosecution filed Criminal Appeal No 96/2025 with the Appellate Division seeking enhancement of the life-imprisonment counts to death penalty. Hasina and Kamal cannot themselves appeal while abroad; case remains pending before the Appellate Division full bench. Supreme Court Secretariat (judicial autonomy): The 30 November 2025 ordinance was a landmark reform granting the SC full administrative and financial independence from the executive; parliament repealed it on 9 April 2026, a major setback to judicial independence. ACC note: the task specification referenced 'ACC stays'; the most significant ACC-related Supreme Court development in the window is the parliamentary decision to allow the ACC Ordinance (which strengthened ACC independence) to lapse without re-enactment in 2026, reversing interim-era anti-corruption institutional reforms. Budget figure of Tk 250 crore (annual_budget_bdt = 2,500,000,000) is the FY2025-26 allocation for the Supreme Court registry per Ministry of Finance budget documents. Staff count not publicly disaggregated for the apex court.