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NGO Watch
Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
The organization is focused on the systemic marginalization of local organizations and the need for equitable localization of funding and decision-making in humanitarian and climate sectors.
COAST and civil society leaders demanded the withdrawal of the proposed Microcredit Bank Ordinance–2025.
COAST released its Annual Report 2025 titled Build Resilience for A Better Journey.
COAST organized a press conference in Dhaka highlighting the crisis of climate change and lack of healthcare in coastal communities.
Executive Director Rezaul Karim Chowdhury published an open letter criticizing the lack of localization in the Rohingya response.
COAST co-organized an international webinar on lightning risk management in South Asia.
Began operations 1998 in Charfesson upazila, Bhola, following a project of an international NGO. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has led it as Executive Director since formation. Registered with the Microcredit Regulatory Authority as COAST Trust on 19 Nov 2007; renamed COAST Foundation, acknowledged by NGOAB 6 Jun 2021. HQ at Metro Melody, Shyamoli, Dhaka-1207. Annual Report 2023 exists at coastbd.net but the PDF was not machine-readable, so financial figures (loan portfolio, expenditure, staff, branch counts) left null rather than estimated.
Source: 3 primary source linksAs of 2026-07-05
COAST participated in a human chain event for World Environment Day to demand the protection of water bodies.
COAST and rights groups demanded a climate adaptation plan and increased fund allocation in the national climate budget.