http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200506-133738-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/bangladeshs-unofficial-emergency-managing-the-covid-19-crisis-by-notifications/ Bangladesh’s Unofficial Emergency: Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by Notifications Hoque, Ridwanul eng 2020-05-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronavirus COVID 19 democracy State of Emergency Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 It appears that Bangladesh’s legal responses to the COVID-19 crisis are inconsistent, ad hoc, and deficient in transparency and democratic practices. The unprecedented nature of the pandemic requiring exceptionally urgent actions, may be attributed to the sorry state of affairs. A thoughtful, more legitimate approach could nevertheless have been taken.