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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
On 5 February 2026 Bangladesh Bank's SME & Special Programmes Department issued SMESPD Circular No. 02, establishing a BDT 30 billion (~USD 245 million) refinancing scheme for cluster-based financing of Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs). Participating banks and non-bank financial institutions can draw on the fund to on-lend to CMSME clusters at concessional rates. The circular was issued the same day as the companion SMESPD Circular No. 03 (Financial Sector Fund for the Development of MSMEs, BDT 15 billion), together restructuring Bangladesh Bank's CMSME refinance-fund architecture.
On 5 February 2026 Bangladesh Bank's SME & Special Programmes Department issued SMESPD Circular No. 03, formally establishing the "Financial Sector Fund for the Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises" (FSFDMSME), a BDT 15 billion (~USD 122 million) refinancing facility. Participating banks and non-bank financial institutions can draw on the fund to refinance MSME loans at concessional rates, aimed at improving credit access for micro, small and medium enterprises. The circular was issued alongside the companion SMESPD Circular No. 02 (Cluster Financing Scheme, BDT 30 billion) the same day, both restructuring Bangladesh Bank's CMSME refinance-fund architecture.
Bangladesh's Cabinet approved the National Industrial Policy 2022 on 11 August 2022, replacing the National Industrial Policy 2016 as the country's foundational umbrella industrial-policy statute; the Ministry of Industries gazetted it on 29 September 2022. The policy sets a target to raise industry's share of GDP to 40% by 2027 and introduces a sector taxonomy covering export-diversification, special-development (electronics, automotive assembly, semiconductors, renewable energy, defence-electronics), priority, reserved, and controlled categories. CMSMEs (Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) are designated the "main driving force of industrialisation," with sector-specific concessional finance, tax holidays, and cluster-development frameworks, alongside FDI incentives including Bangladeshi citizenship for investors committing USD 1 million. The policy for the first time formally incorporates Bangladesh's informal sector within a national industrial-policy framework, mandating a National Informal Sector Database and a 2022–2027 implementation action plan.