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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
Government Watch: the executive, tracked over time.
University Watch: the higher-education system, 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.
NGO Watch
microfinance · Dhaka
BURO Bangladesh is focused on navigating the evolving regulatory environment and potential government initiatives to establish a microcredit bank while balancing institutional growth with borrower welfare.
Executive Vice Chairman of the Microcredit Regulatory Authority visited BURO Bangladesh branch offices and social initiatives in Tangail.
BURO Bangladesh initiated a recruitment drive for various positions including Senior Manager and Assistant Officer roles.
BURO Bangladesh, established 1990 (originally BURO Tangail) by founder ED Zakir Hossain, the country's third-largest NGO-MFI. Registered with NGO Affairs Bureau (no. 610, 1992) and MRA-licensed (no. 00004-00394-00288, 2008), hence regulator='multiple'. Figures from the official 'About BURO' page: 3.228M+ active customers (used for active_members; 2.678M+ active borrowers), gross loan portfolio BDT 166.24 billion+, savings portfolio BDT 57.09 billion+, 1,576 branch offices; staff count not stated on that page (older sources cite ~6,000 but not current/dated, so left null). HQ at Gulshan-2, Dhaka.