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Institutions
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
BNP · Noakhali-4
Md. Shahjahan is focused on post-election political stability and delivering on campaign promises to rebuild local infrastructure and the economy.
Md. Shahjahan received a public reception in Noakhali following his return from medical treatment in Bangkok.
Winner vote count (219,182) confirmed by BSS (primary wire source) and cross-checked via TBS and Dhaka Tribune district round-up; runner-up vote count (148,989) confirmed across the same sources; margin (70,193) arithmetic-verified: 219182 - 148989 = 70193. Total valid votes not recoverable from any accessible primary source (7 candidates filed; totals not published by EC online); vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, margin_percent, and total_valid_votes left null rather than estimated. Upazilas (Noakhali Sadar, Subarnachar) confirmed by Wikipedia and viewsbangladesh.com pre-election candidate list. boundary_redrawn_2024: EC planned a review of Noakhali-4 in 2024 but final redrawn gazette not confirmed from accessible sources; recorded false. term_count = 4: prior elections 1991, 1996, 2001 from Noakhali-4 confirmed by Wikipedia (5th/6th/7th Jatiya Sangsad) and Prothom Alo ('elected four times'). Wikipedia lists his 2026 term as '8th Jatiya Sangsad' which is an error in that article; the correct designation is 13th Jatiya Sangsad. Criminal case: October 2023 conviction in two linked cases from the January 2015 political unrest era; reported by TBS and Dhaka Tribune; EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible -- case entry is from published court reporting, not EC affidavit directly. Whether this conviction was stayed, appealed, or dropped after the August 2024 political transition is not confirmed in available sources. Health: long-standing heart disease, prior heart valve replacement surgery in Bangkok, admitted to ICU at Evercare Hospital Chattogram shortly after nomination; condition improved slightly before election day (Dhaka Tribune/TBS). Education, age, and income/wealth EC figures not available from any accessible primary source.