Photo: Md Sakibul Hasan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Independent forensic journalism on Bangladesh's public money · Dhaka
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Every taka the state spends leaves a paper trail. We read the whole trail, line by line, and publish what it says.
Photo: Md Sakibul Hasan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Independent forensic journalism on Bangladesh's public money · Dhaka
Every taka the state spends leaves a paper trail. We read the whole trail, line by line, and publish what it says.
What moved this week, checked against the documents. Published weekly.
The NEEDLE pass. One deep read every Friday: the week's numbers, the contracts behind them, and what to watch next.
Long-form forensic work. Every figure sourced, every mechanism named, every claim falsifiable.
The numbers this newsroom stands behind. Tracked weekly, revised only when the source moves.
The data desk
Four views of the same ledger, drawn in the newsroom's own hand. Figures marked tracked come from the weekly figure watch; charts marked sample use illustrative data while the dataset is being built. Hover or tap any mark for the number behind it.
Four line items, one fiscal year · Tk crore
Figure watch · Tk crore · New Age, 06 Jun 2026; The Business Standard, Jun–Sep 2026
What the budget covers of the capacity bill
Figure watch · Tk 52,608 cr capacity payments against Tk 37,000 cr subsidy allocation
Approved vs revised cost per DPP · ECNEC 6 Apr 2026
ECNEC 6 Apr 2026 approvals · BSS wire, bdnews24, TBS · Tk crore
How the subsidy requirement breaks down · Tk crore
Figure watch · Tk 56,000 cr required → ~Tk 15,000 cr tariff relief (about Tk 14,200 cr per TBS) → Tk 41,000 cr net → Tk 37,000 cr budgeted
Working papers, datasets, and method notes. The audit trail behind the journalism.
