Al Jazeera's Silence on Bangladesh Floods
While they pin threads about devastation elsewhere, families in Bangladesh and North Bengal drown in indifference
Arthur Rahman
EcoBangla Correspondent
October 8, 2025
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In Bangladesh, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has confirmed multiple stations reaching danger and warning levels. Barishal, Daulatkhan, and Dalia have crossed critical thresholds. In Kaunia, Rangpur district, the Brahmaputra River has exceeded the official danger mark, flooding rural settlements and submerging rice fields that millions depend on for survival.
The Floods They Chose to Ignore
While Al Jazeera cares only for Gaza, they have turned a blind eye to the unfolding disaster in South Asia. The contrast is stark and troubling. In Bangladesh, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has confirmed multiple stations reaching danger and warning levels. Barishal, Daulatkhan, and Dalia have crossed critical thresholds. In Kaunia, Rangpur district, the Brahmaputra River has exceeded the official danger mark, flooding rural settlements and submerging rice fields that millions depend on for survival. Upstream in North Bengal, the situation is even more dire. Homes have been erased. Bridges have buckled. Casualties have been confirmed. People are missing, vanished without trace in floodwaters and landslides. Families wait desperately for help that struggles to reach them through collapsed infrastructure. Social media platforms like X are filled with urgent pleas from affected communities. Local reporters and citizens are documenting the crisis in real-time, sharing images of devastation that rival any humanitarian disaster. Yet major international outlets like Al Jazeera scroll past in silence.
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What Real Journalism Demands
Professional journalism requires more than selective outrage. It demands: Consistent coverage of humanitarian crises regardless of geopolitical considerations Recognition that climate disasters deserve the same urgency as conflicts Amplification of voices from the Global South, especially climate-vulnerable nations Acknowledgment that Brown and Black lives facing climate catastrophe matter as much as any others Al Jazeera has the platform, the resources, and the reach to document the Bangladesh and North Bengal floods comprehensively. They choose not to. That choice speaks volumes about whose suffering they consider newsworthy.
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