Data for public good
We use data to investigate questions of public interest, build evidence and create tools that make important information easier to understand and use.
Public good starts with questions that matter
We identify questions that matter to people and the public, then use data and evidence to find answers.
Why is electricity getting more expensive?
Examining what is driving Bangladesh’s rising electricity costs by tracing how power is generated and purchased, how costs vary across fuel sources and power plants, and which parts of the system are putting the greatest pressure on electricity prices.
How Is Disinformation Affecting Journalists in Bangladesh?
Examining how false and manipulated information affects journalists in Bangladesh, from verification and reporting to professional pressures, credibility, and interactions with sources and audiences.
STATUS ⦿ DATA COLLECTION IN PROGRESSWhen Online Harm Happens, Where Do Survivors Turn for Help?
What our survey reveals about experiences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Bangladesh, how it affects people, and how they respond.
STATUS ⦿ To be released soonWe turn questions into usable evidence
We find and structure the data, analyse what it shows, investigate the evidence and build ways for others to use it.
Data
Find. Extract. Structure.
Research
Analyse. Compare. Test.
Investigate
Connect. Verify. Establish.
Build
Organise. Monitor. Explore.
Examine what the evidence reveals
Across our research, datasets and investigations, the evidence reveals patterns, changes and relationships that are difficult to see from individual records alone.
The Disinformation Election
What we learned about how false narratives spread during Bangladesh’s 2026 election, who amplified them, and who became their targets.
Explore research →From Questions to Evidence
How we move from a question to evidence, from evidence to findings, and from findings to what we can verify.
Read methodology →Reported, But Not Fully Told
What Bangladesh’s news coverage tells us about violence against women, what information is missing, and why those gaps matter
Explore research →Explain what the evidence means
Through DataXplainer, we turn selected findings into public-interest journalism that explains what happened, why it matters and what the evidence can establish.
What we learned about the malfunctioning Maheshkhali LNG terminal
Reconstructing the record through vessel identifiers, filings and public documents.
Following the money behind campaign financing
Affidavit data used to examine patterns of declared external financing.
More evidence-led reporting
Investigations where the public record is part of the story.
Make the data behind the evidence open
We publish data through trackers, portals, political data platforms and downloadable datasets so people can explore and use the evidence themselves.
VAW Tracker
Structures reported incidents of violence against women.
Open Disaster
Makes disaster-related data easier to explore and use.
Politipro
Structures political and electoral information.
Open Climate
Makes climate-related data easier to explore and use.
Kon School
Helps people find and compare schools in Dhaka using structured school data.
Build practical capacity to work with data and evidence
Training that moves participants from practical skills to publishable and implementable outputs.
From spreadsheets to stories
Practical learning on finding, structuring, analysing and communicating data for public-interest journalism.
Source tracing, claims and evidence
Workshops and mentoring on verification, charts, maps, explainers and evidence-led storytelling.
Journalists, CSOs, youth and communities
Programmes designed around the audiences, evidence needs and public-interest outcomes of partner projects.