Epidemiological report: Relaxing the lockdown in Bangladesh could have serious consequences
Dhaka, Bangladesh — Rickshaw riders seen wearing PPE as a preventive measure against Covid-19. Photo: Rakibul Hasan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News A decision by the Bangladesh government to...
Crackdown against critical voices
The RAB has detained the celebrated political cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has filed a criminal case under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against eleven...
Covid-19: Sudden spike in the number of recovered in Bangladesh
Health authorities in Bangladesh have set a new criteria for classifying Covid-19 patients, leading to an overnight spike in the number of people who have officially recovered from the virus...
Covid-19: Rohingya refugees fear being killed by medical staff in camps
There is a widespread fear amongst the Rohingyas living in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar that they risk getting killed by medical staff if they are sent to Covid-19 isolation facilities,...
Covid-19: Transmission spreads in Dhaka cantonment
Eight officers belonging to the Army Medical Corps (AMC) of Bangladesh Army are being treated at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, after they tested positive for Covid-19. The Armed...
Covid-19: United Nations coordination group voices concerns about government preparations in Rohingya camps
ISCG update about the Rohingya refugee camps. As the Bangladesh government orders Cox’s Bazar district to go into lockdown, a report published by the United Nations coordination body that...
First case of Covid-19 infection in Bangladesh Army
A Bangladesh Army major has tested positive for Covid-19, two ranking military officers have independently confirmed to Netra News. This is the first case of a military officer getting infected with...
Covid-19: Bangladesh in urgent need of personal protective equipment for hospitals
"Covid-19 situation report #1" is the UN’s first official situation report dealing with the unfolding Covid-19 epidemic in Bangladesh. According to a United Nations situation report, health...
United Nations interagency Covid-19 memo: Without interventions, “upto 2 million” people may die in Bangladesh
The preparation of the interagency United Nations memo was lead by the World Health Organization. According to a leaked interagency United Nations (UN) memo, the Covid-19 epidemic could result in...
Brac University attempts to restrict access to Bangladesh Covid-19 report
A Scribd removal notice showing that the Bangladesh Covid-19 report was removed at the request of Brac University's James P Grant School of Public Health Document hosting service Scribd has...
Researcher in trouble for co-authoring Bangladesh Covid-19 projections
Malay Kanti Mridha, one of the most respected researchers at Brac University's James P Grant School of Public Health, is now under investigation for co-authoring a report on Covid-19 situation in...
Covid-19: Without government action, over 500,000 may die in Bangladesh
Over half a million people in Bangladesh could die from Covid-19 virus infection by the end of May 2020, unless the government takes steps to mitigate or suppress the disease, according to a...
Cashing in influence
Partners in influence peddling: Razee Mohammad Fakhrul MP (first from left), Ashraful Alam Khokan (second from left), Nahim Razzaq MP (second from right). As the deputy press secretary to the...
The general and the casino don
Major General Shafeenul Islam. As the chief of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Major General Shafeenul Islam is one of the most influential security czars in Bangladesh. Deputed from the...
Rupa Huq MP: Bangladesh is a “rogue state”
Rupa Huq MP. Photo: Bettina Strenske/Alamy Live News Rupa Huq, one of the four Labour MPs of Bangladeshi origin, has criticised Bangladesh’s human rights record under the Awami League, calling...