Bangladesh country watch
Signals only — no written briefing yet. Every number links to the articles it counts.
Vigilance
No active vigilance flag · rules: Heightened vigilance for staff and travel · Pressure surge · Media polarisation spike
Flare-up watch
Flare-up watch: High (2.0) — driven by Internal tension and Safety & health
- Internal tension +2.6
- Safety & health +2.3
- Attention +1.0
Signals consistent with rising crisis risk. A composite of press signals, not a forecast.
Composite of the day's z-scores against the country's own history — Internal tension 0.25, Safety & health 0.20, agenda divergence 0.20, framing gap 0.15, attention 0.20; a missing component drops out and the others are renormalised. Calm below 0.5 · Watch to 1.5 · High above. Needs 14 days of history on two components. Method →
Risk pressure, last 30 days
Pressure index from 30 days of history · 19 so far
Level = articles that passed the risk gate in the last 30 days, against the country's own baseline (mean of the previous three 30-day windows). Quiet 0 · Low up to the baseline · Elevated up to twice the baseline · High above. Counts, not severities: a press signal, not a rating. Every row links to the articles counted. Method →
Bangladesh in the world's press
Today 114 articles · ×1.0 vs 30-day average · led by Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Ghana, Kuwait press
Articles mentioning the country across the outlets we read, vs the 30-day average. Method →
Media polarisation
Shown from 14 days of data · 0 collected so far
Media we read
6 outlets read every day
- AmaderShomoy.com
- Daily Bhorer Kagoj independent
- Daily Star independent
- earther independent
- Prothom Alo independent
- Samakal independent
Today's signals
Regulation
- Experts call for changes in engineering education to meet industry needs ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
Disruption
- 51 flights cancelled or suspended from Dhaka, 5,418 passengers affected ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Durga Puja holidays: Banks, stock markets to remain closed for five consecutive days ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- CUET teachers and staff announce all-out non-cooperation programme ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Closure of Riyadh airport extended after deadly Houthi strikes ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
Safety & health
- Mobile operators propose emergency balance of up to Tk 500, with a Tk 10 fee ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
Trade
- Islami, Krishi, and BRAC Bank maintain positions in remittance inflows ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Why demand for Rajshahi silk is growing ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
Politics
- Policymakers take on energy shock, rising debt at IMF-World Bank meetings ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Union parishad elections in five phases from 21 January, check the full schedule ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- PM seeks Canadian cooperation in energy, health and agriculture ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Election schedule announced for by-election to reserved seat vacated by Ferdousi Ahmed ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- HSC results to be published between 25 and 29 October ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Narendra Modi faces a tough challenge ↗ Prothom Aloindependent
- Why Pakistani politics revolving around a prisoner? ↗ Prothom Aloindependent