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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
BNP · Lakshmipur-1
Opposes handing Chattogram Port terminals to foreign operators on unequal terms and argues local entrepreneurs can run the New Mooring Container Terminal, while his company Everest Port Services is part of a domestic consortium bidding for the NCT contract.
In the FY2026-27 budget general discussion in parliament, proposed reviving the Guest Control Act and a Tk 1,000-per-guest tax on weddings with over 100 guests, arguing curbing extravagance could cut essential prices by about 10 percent; also pressed for a clear policy framework for operating private terminals at ports.
Winner votes (86,811) and runner-up votes (59,265) confirmed independently by BSS (bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360560) and Prothom Alo (prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/txez0xau30). Total valid votes 146,076 from Prothom Alo; cross-check: 86,811 + 59,265 = 146,076 exactly, indicating two-candidate effective race. Vote shares: 86,811/146,076 = 59.43%, 59,265/146,076 = 40.57%, margin = 18.86 pp. Wikipedia List of 13th Jatiya Sangsad members confirms 'Shahadat Hossain Salim' (BNP) for constituency 274. Lakshmipur-1 comprises only Ramganj Upazila (Wikipedia; constituency created 1984 when Noakhali District was divided). Selim founded his political career in Chhatra Dal, became Chittagong district president, later served as BNP port authority general secretary (1988-1994) and Chittagong Metropolitan BNP joint secretary; expelled from BNP in 2000; co-founded LDP with Colonel Oli Ahmed in 2006; served as LDP senior joint secretary and later chairman of BLDP; dissolved BLDP and rejoined BNP on 8 December 2025; BNP-nominated for Lakshmipur-1 from which he had previously contested in 2018 (did not win). This is his first term as MP. Exact age and education not found in any accessible primary source -- EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible; do not impute. Runner-up Mahbub Alam ran as NCP candidate. Registered voters in Ramganj: 274,261 (136,246 female), 93 polling centres (TBS pre-election coverage). EC show-cause notice issued January 18, 2026 for code-of-conduct breach (soliciting votes at a gathering before permitted campaign period); resolved without disqualification as nomination was declared valid. Recent controversial remarks (April 2026) on religious attire on TV drew public condemnation from Ramganj Jamaat-e-Islami.