Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Bangladesh
Bangladesh · March 15, 2026 · 6 hours
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Bangladesh. 5 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
2%
Anomaly Rate
5
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
2% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 15, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (26)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis5 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Rajshahi"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 15, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sylhet"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 15, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Rajshahi"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 15, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Rangpur"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 15, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Rajshahi"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 15, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research21 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 9/9 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 9/9 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 9/9 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 8/8 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →+ 16 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (21)
What we cannot say
- Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Bangladesh [BD-2026-0065]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0065