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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
rural development · Dhaka
RDRS Bangladesh is currently focused on sustaining its large-scale rural development and microfinance operations while navigating the challenges of maintaining financial stability and project continuity in a socio-political environment marked by rising social tensions and economic volatility.
RDRS published its quarterly newsletter for January–March 2026.
Issued a tender notice for the re-excavation of a canal.
Issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a mass media campaign focused on reducing early marriage and pregnancy.
Issued an invitation for contractors and vendors to enlist at the RDRS Training and Resource Center in Sreemangal.
Published a major job circular for 2026 to recruit staff for various development and project management roles.
Established 8 February 1972 with support of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation; localised and registered as a national NGO under the Trust Act in 1997. Head office in Uttara, Dhaka. Mohammad Enamul Kabir is the current Executive Director (LinkedIn). Banglapedia cites ~411,246 families / ~1.9 million people served and an annual budget of US$18-20 million, and ~155 branch offices across ~55 upazilas; these are not converted to BDT or treated as MFI member/portfolio fields and the exact current-year figures are not confirmed, so those numeric fields are left null. Coverage of 16 districts per Devex. mra_licensed left null: RDRS runs microfinance but MRA licence status was not confirmed on the consulted sources. [2026-06-08 audit correction] CEO corrected Mohammad Enamul Kabir -> Manik Murmu (2025 org chart; Kabir is a former Executive Director).