Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Bangladesh
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Breakout
New
New
New
Top today
Breakout
New
New
New
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 866 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- Health More than usual
- হামের উপসর্গ নিয়ে আরও ৩ মৃত্যু (bdnews24.com)
- "AI will vanish" — NewsNext (newsnextbd.com)
- Democracy and elections More than usual
- Jobs and work More than usual
- Can we establish a uniform minimum wage for all workers? (thedailystar.net)
- Beyond wage boards: Building healthy industrial relations (thedailystar.net)
- "AI will vanish" — NewsNext (newsnextbd.com)
- Empowering investors from Bangladesh to Wall Street through AI-based stock prediction (newsnextbd.com)
- Bangladesh set to highlight $15.2bn annual climate loss at COP31 (bdnews24.com)
- 30th US Trade Show 2026 begins in Dhaka (banglamirrornews.com)
Survey · 2023 84% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Clothing sales wilt as inflation-weary shoppers shun discounts (thedailystar.net)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.2The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
- Fear0.7× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 8.1The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 6.3The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.0 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0 U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0
By category
Business & economy
University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0
Food & drink
Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 1XXXX
Movies & TV
Breakout
New
New
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Antonioaesparza, CC BY-SA 4.0 U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain
Travel & places
Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Legohun, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Media & entertainment 21Sports & fitness 9Travel & tourism 7Nonprofits & NGOs 4Government & public sector 3Food & beverage 1Fashion & beauty 1Music 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation8.3%Jul 2026 · −0.9 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.8%2025 · +0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth3.5%2025 · −0.7 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment9.4%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Plant Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sociology and Political Science
Society
- People online53.4%2024 · +8.9 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change30.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority77.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Akka: The Protectors
Breakout
2Roadies Rebirth
Falling
3Dead-End Job
New
4The Great Indian Kapil Show
5Lupin
6Dhindora
7Doctor X: Mafia in White
8Matargashti
Falling
10Madam Inspector
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 1Manoj Bajpayee
2The Paradise
3Baththa
New
4M3GAN 2.0
5Surviving Hurricane Otis
6Dorothy
7Meethe Mein Kya Hai
8English Vinglish
9Dhoomakethu
10Reporting Live
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Data credits: Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.