[🇧🇩] Disinformation/Misinformation about Bangladesh in National/International Media

[Lulldapull]

Man these Bengali, Sri Lankan or Nepali here in Japan are all very peaceful people. Totally non violent and civil folk. Ain't no drama wid dem at all.

I can't imagine these three folks getting into any trouble anywhere.

 

[Saif]

No place for Islamic extremism in Bangladesh

Islamic extremism will never find a place in Bangladesh again, said Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus recently.

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No place for Islamic extremism in Bangladesh
Says Yunus in an interview with The Economist

Patrick Foulis, left, and Dr Muhammad Yunus. Photos: Screengrab

Islamic extremism will never find a place in Bangladesh again, said Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus recently.

"I can assure that's not taking place at all. These are very enthusiastic young people -- they are very neutral about their religion," Yunus told the weekly British magazine The Economist's foreign editor Patrick Foulis in an interview recently.

Yunus's response came when Foulis mentioned both American and Indian officials have warned that there is some risk of Islamic extremism coming back in Bangladesh.

The interview was taken on the occasion of Bangladesh being selected as The Economist's country of the year for 2024, an accolade that the influential magazine hands out every year to a country it deems to be the most improved country in the world.

"But for toppling a despot and taking strides towards a more liberal government, Bangladesh is our country of the year," The Economist said.

In response, Yunus said: "Oh, we are delighted. We feel very proud that we made a big change because of the student uprising that took place. And from then on, we are saying we are creating a new Bangladesh."

The youth want to build a new Bangladesh, he said.

"Young people can change the whole world. It's not about changing one country or another country. What Bangladesh has done is one example of how powerful this young generation is. Let's pay attention to the young people."

He said particular attention must be given to the young women.

"Young girls played a very important role in the Bangladeshi uprising. They were on the frontline just like any other young person in the country. We should be paying attention to the young girls, young boys and make sure they can fulfil their dreams. If they have the opportunity, they have the capacity to do that."

He cited the case of the "three of the young people who led the uprising" and are in his cabinet.

"They are doing an excellent job. They are capable. They are not the young people of the previous centuries -- they are young people of this century. They are as capable as anybody else."

Asked what he would do after the "election is held in 2025 elections", Yunus said: "I was actually taken away from my job. I was forced into this work. I was doing my job. I was enjoying it -- that's why I was in Paris. I was dragged out of Paris to do something else. So I'll be happy to go back to my work that I always did and enjoyed all my life -- the young people love it. So I go back to that team and that movement that I tried to generate around the world."​

 

[Saif]

CA press wing debunks Indian media reports on violence against Hindus

Indian media outlets' reports claiming 2200 incidents of violence occured against Hindus in 2024 is a misleading and highly exaggerated ones, the chief adviser's press wing has said.

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CA press wing debunks Indian media reports on violence against Hindus
BSS
Published: 21 Dec 2024, 21: 22

Indian media outlets' reports claiming 2200 incidents of violence occured against Hindus in 2024 is a misleading and highly exaggerated ones, the chief adviser's press wing has said.

Several Indian media outlets, including India Today, Anandabazar, citing the country’s Ministry of External Affairs, on Friday reported that in Bangladesh, 47 incidents of violence against Hindus occurred in the year 2022, 302 in 2023, and 2,200 in 2024.

"The figure is misleading and highly exaggerated," the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page - CA Press Wing Facts - yesterday.

According to the independent human rights organisation, Ain O Salish Kendra, the number of violent incidents against religious minorities in Bangladesh between January and November 2024 is 138, in which 368 houses were attacked and 82 people were injured.

The interim government of Bangladesh is investigating every reported incident and is committed to taking the perpetrators to book, according to the statement.

At least 97 cases have been filed between 4 August and 10 December, and 75 people were arrested for alleged attacks on religious minorities since August, according to police headquarters.

"Many of these incidents happened between 5 August and 8 August when there was no government. Most of these attacks were political in nature," the statement read.

The government has requested all to refrain from providing misleading information regarding such hate crimes.​

 

[Bilal9]

There are certain quarters in India spreading hate speech and propaganda, not the whole country. Bangladeshi media should make that distinction.

 

[Saif]

There are certain quarters in India spreading hate speech and propaganda, not the whole country. Bangladeshi media should make that distinction.

What else can we expect from gigolos' of Mughals/Brits/Arab Sheikhs?

 

[Saif]

CA press wing debunks PTI report on Hindu man killing in Natore

Chief adviser's press wing has termed a news item of Indian news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) over the killing of a Hindu man at a crematorium in Natore "misleading and exaggerated."

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CA press wing debunks PTI report on Hindu man killing in Natore
BSS
Published: 22 Dec 2024, 18: 46

Chief adviser's press wing has termed a news item of Indian news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) over the killing of a Hindu man at a crematorium in Natore "misleading and exaggerated."

"After a man was killed in a possible theft at a crematorium in Natore, Indian news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) described the incident as communal violence without proper verification," CA press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page - CA Press Wing Facts - today.

On Saturday, PTI published the news quoting a video published on the X (formerly Twitter) handle of Kolkata ISKCON spokesperson Radharaman Das. No Bangladeshi authorities, Hindu leaders, or relatives of the victims were quoted in this news.

Many Indian media, including Hindustan Times and The Indian Express, published the PTI item.

Hrishikesh Gauranga Das, a member of the executive committee of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh, said: "It is not responsible to pass off an incident as a communal murder without verifying it. Such exaggerated news can damage communal harmony in Bangladesh."

Confirming that Tarun Kumar was not a member of ISKCON, he urged the media to collect information at the local level or through official channels before publishing any such news.

Police recovered the body of a man named Tarun Kumar Das, 60, from the Bara Harishpur cremation ground under Sadar Police Station in Natore district on Saturday.

Initially, it is suspected that the killer strangled the victim to death as he screamed when unidentified thieves were carrying out the burglary at the Bhogghar inside the cremation ground.

Police said some bronze plates were stolen from the crematorium.

According to a local Hindu community leader, the victim was mentally ill for a long time and had been staying at the crematorium for several days, the statement read.

Natore Sadar police's officer in charge (OC) Md Mahbubor Rahman said, "Based on the information we received from Saturday to Sunday morning, it is initially believed that some drug addicts tried to steal the bronze plates. All possible motives for the murder are being investigated."

Satya Narayan Roy Tipu, general secretary of the cremation committee in Natore, said, "Tarun Kumar is not a member of the cremation committee, and he was not a priest. He was a bit mentally unstable."

"Tarun Kumar was not a member of ISKCON or any other organisation. We do not think there is any communal involvement in this incident."​

 

[Bilal9]

Indian Citizen from Kolkata interviewed at Benapol border by Kolkata Media on his return. He says there are no minority Hindu repression that he saw in Bangladesh.

 

[Saif]

উন্মাদ ময়ূখ রন্জনের বাড়ি থাকবে না, পাবলিক টয়লেট বানানো দাবি (The Indian farmers are protesting against Indian media for spreading lies about Bangladesh which has resulted in the loss of export orders from Bangladesh. They are blaming Indian media for the loss of Business. The Indian farmers are selling potatoes in the local market at only three rupees as the export orders from Bangladesh have dried up.)