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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.
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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
BNP · Noakhali-2
Zainul Abdin Farroque is focused on navigating political discourse regarding the 2024 July Uprising and advocating for increased financial support for freedom fighters in the national budget.
Raised a point of order in Parliament regarding the practice of bowing to the Chair.
Participated in the FY2026-27 budget discussion, advocating for freedom fighter allowances and praising health and industry initiatives.
Criticized Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers regarding their party's role in the 1971 Liberation War.
Spoke on a point of order to clarify the BNP's position on the leadership of the 2024 July Uprising.
Winner vote count 83,982 confirmed by BSS (English and Bangla), BDNews24, and Wikipedia. Prothom Alo reports 83,992 (10-vote discrepancy, likely transcription error); BSS figure used as primary. Runner-up Sultan Muhammad Zakaria Majumder (NCP) with 67,054 votes confirmed by BSS and Prothom Alo. Margin 16,928 votes (83,982 - 67,054 = 16,928, verified by arithmetic; Prothom Alo margin of 16,938 aligns with their slightly higher winner total). vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent are null: EC full results sheet not publicly accessible at verification; the 191,111 figure from BSS appears to combine yes/no referendum-style counts and does not represent standard valid votes in this seat. Upazilas: Senbagh in full plus four unions of Sonaimuri (Ambarnagar, Baragaon, Bazra, Nateshwar). En.wikipedia Noakhali-2 article lists only three Sonaimuri unions (omitting Bazra) -- this is a stale omission; bn.wikipedia and Noakhali-1 Wikipedia (which explicitly excludes these four unions from Noakhali-1) both confirm four. boundary_redrawn_2024 set false: the four-union composition dates to the 2008 pre-election delimitation; no 2024 redrawing documented for this seat. Prior terms: 5th-8th parliaments from Noakhali-1, 9th from Noakhali-2; total six terms confirmed by multiple Bangla sources ('double hat-trick', '6th time'). Party role: adviser to Khaleda Zia per Wikipedia; no ministerial appointment confirmed. Criminal cases: 2017 sabotage arrest resulted in bail; no conviction recorded. 2011 attempted murder suit filed in August 2024 against police officers. EC affidavit PDF not accessible; wealth and income figures are null -- do not impute. Wife Kaniz Fatema (also a BNP politician) died in 2026.