Arafatul Islam

Arafatul Islam is a multimedia journalist specializing in Bangladeshi politics, human rights, and migration. He is active on Twitter @arafatularafatul and has been working with Deutsche Welle (DW) since 2008. Arafatul primarily reports on Bangladesh and South Asia, providing insights from a European perspective.

Biography:  https://www.dw.com/en/arafatul-islam/person-19377318

85%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • A third of public sector jobs are reserved for the relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
  • More than 100 people have died during student-led protests
  • Thousands of university students have been agitating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • Army and security forces took positions in those areas. But the protesters are large in number. So, there is a risk of casualties if security forces try to disperse the protesters.
  • The situation has reached a level that the protesters don’t back down even when shots are fired.
  • Weeks of escalating student protests over a quota reform for government jobs have spiraled into Bangladesh’s worst unrest in living memory with over a hundred deaths in the past few days.

Recent Articles

Bangladesh's Worst Civil Unrest in Decades: Students Protest Against Government Job Quotas, Over 100 Deaths

Bangladesh's Worst Civil Unrest in Decades: Students Protest Against Government Job Quotas, Over 100 Deaths

Broke On: Saturday, 20 July 2024 Bangladesh is in the midst of violent protests led by students against the reinstatement of government job quotas, resulting in over a hundred deaths and widespread unrest. The movement, fueled by economic struggles and frustration with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, has grown into a larger opposition against quota-based recruitment. Protests began after the High Court ordered the reinstatement of quotas for specific groups, including women, veterans' families, disabled individuals, and ethnic minorities. The protests have led to a nationwide curfew and military deployment.