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Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Government Watch: the executive, tracked over time.
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.
Parliament Watch
Independent · Brahmanbaria-2
Rumeen Farhana continues to position herself as a vocal independent critic of the government, focusing heavily on issues of law and order, political transparency, and the need for merit-based electoral processes.
Rumeen Farhana addressed the National Parliament criticizing the law and order situation.
Called for government clarity on the participation of banned Awami League leaders in local elections.
Participated in a discussion on women's political participation and criticized nomination trading.
Participated in a heated parliamentary session regarding her political comments.
Received a response from the Housing and Public Works Minister regarding affordable housing initiatives.
Received a response from the Local Government Minister regarding waterlogging in Dhaka.
Constituency number 244 confirmed as Brahmanbaria-2 by Wikipedia's list of Jatiya Sangsad constituencies and by multiple election-result sources. Division is Chittagong (Brahmanbaria district is in Chittagong division). The 2024 EC delimitation (gazette Sept 4, 2024) added Chandura and Budhanti unions of Bijoynagar upazila to Brahmanbaria-2, transferring them from Brahmanbaria-3; Harashpur union was retained in Brahmanbaria-3 after appeals (Dhaka Tribune, TBS); boundary_redrawn_2024 is therefore true. Upazilas field lists full upazilas (Sarail, Ashuganj) plus the two Bijoynagar unions explicitly to avoid implying full Bijoynagar is included. Winner vote count 118,547 and runner-up Junayed Al Habib vote count 80,434 confirmed independently by BSS (bssnews.net/360764) and TBS. Raw vote difference is 38,113; The Financial Express reports the margin as 37,568 votes, implying at least one additional candidate received approximately 545 votes. Total valid votes were not found in any accessible primary source; vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent are all null rather than imputed. Rumeen Farhana was born Aug 19, 1981 (age 44 as of 2026-05-17). Education confirmed by Wikipedia and Daily Star profile. Prior term: reserved Women Seat-50 (11th Parliament), elected May 28, 2019, resigned Dec 11, 2022; term_count is 2 inclusive of current term. She was expelled from BNP on Dec 30, 2025 (Dhaka Tribune, TBS, Daily Star) for contesting as independent against the party's alliance decision to give the seat to Jamiat; she ran under the 'duck' symbol. Party is therefore 'Independent' for this term; party_role is null. Runner-up Junayed Al Habib is Joint Secretary General of Jamiate Ulamaye Bangladesh (the BNP-led 11-party alliance partner for this seat). wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null/empty: EC nomination affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification; EC-only rule applied strictly. committee_memberships is empty: parliament.gov.bd member portal did not list committee assignments accessible at time of verification. Rumeen's father was Oli Ahad, a Language Movement leader; she was born in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.