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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.
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 · engineering · Dhaka
The university is currently focused on stabilizing its academic and administrative operations following the intense student protests and campus clashes that occurred in May 2026 over the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Engr. Mohammad Iqbal inaugurated the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair 2026.
The two-day DUET CSE Carnival 2026 commenced featuring an ICT Olympiad and AI Hackathon.
University issued an office order granting earned leave to Prof. Dr. Mohammad Washim Dewan for a visit to China.
verification_status=partial: (1) treasurer and registrar names not found on duet.ac.bd (the website's office pages do not display individual names in the fetched content); set null. (2) student_count 3,650 from Wikipedia (approximately 3,000 UG + 600 PG + 50 PhD); consistent with ECNEC project documents citing 'approximately 3,500 students' as beneficiaries. (3) faculty_count 279 academic staff per Wikipedia 2023 figure. (4) annual_budget_bdt 886,200,000 = BDT 886.2 million for FY 2023-24, per Wikipedia; no FY 2024-25 figure found in press or official sources. (5) vc_since 2026-05-17 is the charge-taking date (confirmed by Daily Star and Prothom Alo); notification issued May 14, 2026 (same batch as BUET and 9 others). (6) Pro-VC Dr. Md. Arefin Kowser confirmed via duet.ac.bd/office/office-of-the-pro-vice-chancellor and press (attended DUET-Betopia MOU signing February 2026); no appointment date found in press. (7) DUET specialization set null (the uni_type 'engineering' already captures it; the diploma-engineer admission restriction is unique but not a subject-matter specialization like 'maritime' or 'textile'). (8) established_year 2003 follows task specification; physical campus relocated to Gazipur in 1983; precursor College of Engineering, Dhaka founded 1980 at Tejgaon. (9) campus_count 2: main (23.42 acres, Gazipur Sadar) and second campus (13 acres, Majhir Khola Road, Gazipur), which opened for academic activities January 2025. (10) QS Asia 2026 ranking #486 sourced from Wikipedia; ranking year confirmed as 2026 release.