The Observatory · v2
One dataset.
Six lenses on Bangladesh.
162,315 reported incidents from 1991 to today — mapped, charted, networked, searched, and profiled. Pick a lens and start exploring.
Incidents
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Every reported act of violence since 1991, geocoded and coded by the BPO research desk.
Killed
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Reported fatalities. kiltotal populated on 100% of incidents.
Injured
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Reported injuries. injtotal populated on 100% of incidents.
Arrested
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Reported arrests. arresttotal populated on 100% of incidents.
Lenses
Six ways into the data
Each lens shares the same filter state. Pick one, narrow your question, and your selection follows you across the platform.
Map
Spatial view across 8 divisions, 64 districts, and 564 upazillas. Heat, choropleth, cluster, and point styles in one surface.
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Charts
Trend-over-time, rankings, cross-tab pivots, and side-by-side comparison.
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Graph
Perpetrator → target chord, actor co-occurrence network, motive → type Sankey.
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Search
Full-text search across event descriptions. Filter, save, and export.
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Profiles
Auto-generated pages for districts, actors, sources, and themes.
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Stories
Curated long-form narratives with embedded live charts and quoted incidents.
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Data & API · Phase 4
Bulk download · Public JSON API · Citations
Per-view CSV exports, a documented REST API with issued keys, and citation snippets in BibTeX and APA.
Methodology
How we source, code, and validate every incident
The taxonomy — 3 violence categories, 19 types, 10 motive categories, 9 cross-cutting themes — plus fill-rate transparency and known biases.