Bangladesh coronavirus

Tens of millions of Bangladeshis are shopping and traveling during an eight-day pause in the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown for the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha.

As the country battles hard to stop an ongoing surge of infections in the border districts, structural difficulties and public indifference about the pandemic are fueling the fire.

The failure of the Modi government may spell disaster for the COVID-19 recovery of India’s neighbors.

Bangladesh has so far successfully limited the health impact of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar, where upwards of 850,000 Rohingyas reside. But the international community must continue to step up and support the response.  

Digital schooling is the new normal, and that can be an advantage for the Global South.

How the pandemic intersects with challenges of Islamist radicalization for Bangladesh.

Communal tensions, misinformation, and poverty: across South Asia, governments are facing similar issues in their COVID-19 responses.

The crackdown on dissent during the crisis is part of a larger pattern from the Awami League government.

The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil -- not to mention the public health crisis.

A Bangladeshi sex worker fears for herself and her family without the prospect of work during the lockdown.

Yes, but how bad it gets depends on what Dhaka does and how the world progresses against the coronavirus.