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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 Bank's Foreign Exchange Policy Department issued FE Circular No. 46 on 12 November 2025, extending the existing 0.30% special cash-assistance (export subsidy) on net FOB value of readymade garment (RMG) and textile exports — previously payable only to manufacturer-exporters producing in their own factories under FE Circular No. 01/2020 — to output manufactured and exported through sub-contracting arrangements, at the same 0.30% rate and same terms. Eligibility is conditioned on the principal firm holding an operating factory of its own and both parties following the 2019 Sub-Contracting Guideline for the RMG industry and the 2024 rules for direct export-oriented garment establishments operating bonded warehouses; pure trading firms with no production capacity are excluded. The change applies to goods shipped from the circular's issuance date onward.