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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 · engineering · Dhaka
The institute is managing the transition into the 2025-26 academic session while balancing its international research profile and infrastructure upgrades.
MIST secured a position in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2026.
Team Mongol Barota represented MIST at the University Rover Challenge 2026 in Utah, USA, securing 11th place globally.
A graduation-related celebration involving students and the Education Minister was held.
MIST held its Freshers' Reception for the 2025-26 academic session, welcoming 955 new students.
MIST MAVIROV team was crowned champion at the MATE ROV International Underwater Robot Competition 2026 in Canada.
Commandant (rank: Major General) serves as Vice Chancellor; title is 'Commandant MIST' not 'Vice Chancellor'. Maj Gen Md Hakimuzzaman (commissioned 20 Dec 1992, 27th BMA Long Course, Corps of Engineers; BSc Civil Engg from MIST himself; decorations: SGP, ndc, afwc, psc) was appointed as Commandant on approximately 26 February 2026 per multiple press reports (bdnews24, Daily Star, TBS); vc_since set to 2026-02-26 as the confirmed announcement date. Previous Commandant Maj Gen Md Nasim Parvez presided over the Responsible AI Summit on 18 January 2026 and was then transferred to the Foreign Ministry in the February reshuffle. Student count 3,001 and academic staff 350 from THE World University Rankings 2026 institutional profile -- these are the most recent independently verified figures; Wikipedia gives 4,050 total (3,400 UG + 600 PG + 50 PhD) and 350 academic + 400 administrative staff; THE figure (3,001) likely reflects a different counting methodology or reporting year; used 3,001 as per THE 2026. Pro-VC, Registrar, and Treasurer not publicly listed on mist.ac.bd in a verifiable form; set to null. annual_budget_bdt null: no published budget figure found. ugc_recognized=true: MIST is listed as a UGC-recognized public institution; programs also accredited by BAETE (Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education). Legal basis: no standalone MIST Act of Parliament; MIST is a government-order institution under MoD/Bangladesh Army, with degree-awarding authority through BUP (Act No. 30 of 2009). verification_status=partial: VC appointment date is approximate (press-reported, no gazette), student/faculty counts from secondary sources, budget unpublished, pro-VC/registrar/treasurer names not verifiable from accessible sources. [2026-06-08 audit correction] Student count corrected 3,001 -> 4,050 (Wikipedia: 3,400 UG + 600 PG + 50 PhD); record figure unsourced.