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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
UDDIPAN continues to operate as a large-scale microfinance and development organization while managing economic pressures and rising operational costs.
Began in 1984; microfinance programme launched 1989. Md. Emranul Huq Chowdhury joined as Founder Executive Director & CEO in May 1989 (co-founder). Md. Shahid Hossain Talukder cited by a secondary source as a founding figure but not corroborated by an official source, so founder records the verifiable name. Homepage counters: 921 branches, 6,082 staff, 953,446 members (666,260 borrowers), 64 districts. MRA-regulated per official site and Prothom Alo coverage of MRA-regulated NGOs; specific MRA licence number not located, so registration_ref is null. Loan portfolio not published on consulted pages.