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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.
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.
University Watch
public · agricultural · Dhaka
The university is consolidating its transition from its former identity as BSMRAU while leveraging international rankings to expand global research collaborations.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. GKM Mustafizur Rahman received the Who's Who Bangladesh 2026 award.
The university celebrated World Veterinary Day 2026.
Slug preserved as 'bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-agricultural-university' per project instruction. ORIGINAL NAME: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়); acronym BSMRAU. CURRENT NAME: Gazipur Agricultural University (গাজীপুর কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়); acronym GAU. RENAMING: Ordinance No. 05 of 2025, gazetted 13 February 2025 by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs under Article 93(1) of the Constitution (Parliament dissolved under interim government). One of 13-14 universities renamed by removing Sheikh family honorifics; official rationale cited by gazette was naming confusion among similarly named institutions. ESTABLISHMENT: Created by Presidential Order No. 16 of 1998 on 22 November 1998, by redesignating the Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA), which had itself been founded in 1991 as an autonomous institution under Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. The university is the 13th fully-funded public university of Bangladesh. LOCATION: Salna, Gazipur (Joydebpur area); 76-hectare campus including 16 hectares farmland. VC: Prof. Dr. GKM Mustafizur Rahman appointed 27 October 2024 (verified via Wikipedia and official VC page gau.edu.bd/vc/); not reshuffled in March 16 2026 (7-university batch) or May 14 2026 (11-university batch: BUET, DUET, Islamic University, Barishal, Noakhali, Comilla, Rangamati, Nazrul Islam, Jamalpur, Pabna, Mawlana Bhashani) BNP-Tarique government reshuffle rounds. Pro-VC: Prof. Dr. M. Moynul Haque, appointed 17 October 2024 from within (Department of Agronomy, GAU); teachers protested a rumoured external appointment on 12 May 2026 -- this likely refers to a possible second Pro-VC post or a future replacement. Treasurer: Prof. Dr. Md. Safiul Islam Afrad; Registrar: Md. Abdullah Mridha (acting charge). STUDENT COUNT: Wikipedia gives ~1,700 total (~1,320 UG, ~350 PG, ~50 PhD); Banglapedia (older data) listed 49 full-time teachers which is now superseded by 214 academic staff per Wikipedia and gau.edu.bd. BUDGET: not found in public primary sources; set null. FACULTIES (7): Agriculture, Fisheries, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Veterinary Medicine, Graduate Studies, others. INSTITUTES (3): IBGE (Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering), ICCE (Institute of Climate Change and Environment), IFSP (Institute of Food Security and Policy -- tentative). JOURNAL: Publishes 'Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture' (biannual, since 1991, continuing from IPSA era). PARENT MINISTRY: Ministry of Education (confirmed by UGC listing and ordinance gazette). UGC profile: ugc-universities.gov.bd/university-detail/18.