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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 · specialized · Dhaka
The university is focused on stabilizing academic operations and expanding its international research footprint while prioritizing the development of its permanent campus in Chattogram.
Former Academic Advisor Dr. Yearul Kabir appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Jashore University of Science and Technology.
BMU held an orientation program for first-year students.
BMU organized a seminar on Port Transformation in Bangladesh.
A Dutch delegation visited the university to discuss potential collaborations.
BMU held discussions regarding agro-machinery trade with Malaysia.
Publication of the 4th call for final admission for the 2025-26 undergraduate session.
The IQAC organized a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights and Patents.
Deadline for enrollment for the 7th Semester combined program and 5th call for undergraduate admission.
Slug preserved as 'bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-maritime-university' per project convention despite rename. ORIGINAL NAME: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh (বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান মেরিটাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ); acronym BSMRMU. CURRENT NAME: Bangladesh Maritime University (BMU); Bangla: বাংলাদেশ মেরিটাইম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়. RENAME: Presidential Ordinance No. 05 of 2025, gazette date February 13, 2025, as part of a broader government action renaming 13 public universities to remove Bangabandhu/Sheikh family honorifics from institutional names; official website migrated to bmu.edu.bd. PARENT MINISTRY: Ministry of Education (Secondary and Higher Education Division), NOT Ministry of Shipping. Although conceived as a maritime institution and administered by Bangladesh Navy officers as VCs, all public universities including BMU fall under the UGC and Ministry of Education for governance and funding; the Bangladesh Marine Academy (vocational) is under Ministry of Shipping. LEGAL ACT: Act No. 47 of 2013, Parliament passed 26 October 2013 (some sources say 27 October; Wikipedia says 26 October; established_year set 2013). First admission: December 2016 circular; academic activities commenced 2015 at BNS Haji Mohsin then Mirpur. CAMPUS: Temporary campus at Plot 14/06-14/23, Pallabi, Mirpur-12, Dhaka-1216. Permanent campus: 106.6 acres at Hamidchar, Chattogram, along the Karnaphuly river; construction ongoing as of March 2025. VC HISTORY: (1) Rear Admiral A.S.M.A. Baten (2013-2018); (2) Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal (2018-2023); (3) Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa (2023-2024); (4) Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury, NBP, OSP, BCGM, ndu, afwc, psc (Sep 9, 2024-May 2025); (5) Rear Admiral Dr. Khandakar Akhter Hossain, NUP, ndc, psc, PhD (May 7, 2025-present; 5th VC; assumed office Wednesday May 7 2025 per New Age article dated May 9 2025; informed UGC Chairman May 20 2025). VC NOT reshuffled in March 16 2026 (DU, RU, CU, JnU, BOU, KUET, Dhaka Central batch) or May 14 2026 (BUET and 10 others batch). Khandakar Akhter Hossain: BSc and MSc Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from BUET, PhD from BUET; previously served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel). STUDENTS: 1,050+ per Wikipedia (850+ UG, 200+ PG); task brief cited ~2,000 but that figure is unverified in primary sources; 1,050 used as the more conservative verifiable figure. faculty_count, annual_budget_bdt set null: no verifiable primary-source figures found. JESSUP 2026 EVENT DATE: exact date of Bangladesh qualifying round not confirmed in sources; recorded as 2026-02-01 approximate (competition typically runs Jan-Feb nationally); award confirmed on official BMU website. MILLENNIUM FELLOWS DATE: announcement date not precisely confirmed; recorded as 2025-11-01 approximate; Class of 2025 selected confirmed. COASTAL CONVENTION DATE: approximate; recorded as 2025-10-01. STATUS partial: faculty count, budget, pro-VC, treasurer, registrar, and precise notable event dates not confirmed from primary sources.