The US Department of State has issued a Level-4 travel advisory for Bangladesh, warning US citizens against travelling to the country amid restrictions due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Under a heading titled "Do not travel to Bangladesh", the advisory said, "Travellers to Bangladesh may experience border closures, airport closures, travel prohibitions, quarantine requirements, stay at home orders, business closures, or other emergency conditions within Bangladesh due to COVID-19."

The US State Department, in the travel advisory updated on August 6, 2020, also urged its citizens to exercise increased caution in the country due to crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.

Among other Asian countries, India, China, Bhutan were also issued Level-4 travel advisory by the US State Department, while Level-3 advisory has been issued for Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

There are four advisory levels from low to high risk. According to US State Department website, level 1 is blue (exercise normal precautions), level 2 is yellow (exercise increased caution), level 3 is orange (reconsider travel) and level 4 is red (do not travel).

https://www.thedailystar.net/top-news/news/do-not-travel-bangladesh-due-COVID-19-us-travel-advisory-1946229