The op-ed “Bangladesh and Covid-19: Disaster within a disaster” mischaracterizes Bangladesh’s response to Covid-19 and is mistaken about Bangladesh’s past elections. Bangladesh is not suppressing the media during the pandemic. Its 1,277 daily newspapers, including 258 that appear nationally, and over 30 privately owned television networks are free to report what they wish about Covid-19, […]
Author Archives: Mohammad Ziauddin
Mohammad Ziauddin is Bangladesh ambassador to the United States of America and concurrently accredited to Argentina, Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Venezuela. He is also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the Organization of American States. Prior to his appointment as ambassador to the US, he was ambassador-at-large of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank and status of state minister.
