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Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza despite ceasefire agreement

Israeli air and artillery strikes persist in Gaza despite the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports that, since Wednesday, 81 Palestinians have been killed and 188 others injured in ongoing Israeli...

Indonesia to set social media age limit, following Australia’s example

Indonesia plans to introduce a regulation establishing a minimum age for social media users, a step intended to safeguard children, according to the countrys communications minister, reports Reuters. This plan comes after Australia decided to ban children under 16 from using social media,...

Rumor Scanner debunks Kolkata media's claim of Bangladeshis destroying Indian crops

Fact-checking body Rumor Scanner has debunked a video claiming that Bangladeshi citizens are destroying crops of Indian agricultural land. Indian media outlet Republic Bangla has recently circulated a video on various social media claiming that Some Bangladeshis have infiltrated the...

Kuwaiti media icon detained over pro-Israel remarks

Kuwaits Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of prominent media figure Fajr Al Saeed for 21 days in pretrial custody over allegations linked to her public calls for normalisation with Israel, Gulf News reported. The Ministry of Interior filed a formal complaint against Fajr Al Saeed,...

Holey Artisan tragedy’s shifting narratives

In the back-wash of the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka, narratives surrounding the late Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain have sparked contention. Faraaz, hailed by some as a symbol of courage, is now at the center of a heated debate about the accuracy of accounts that portray him as a hero who...

Trump criticizes UK’s ‘major mistake’ on North Sea energy policy

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized the U.K.s windfall tax on oil and gas producers in a social media post on Friday, joining other members of his incoming administration in voicing concerns over Prime Minister Keir Starmers agenda. The UK is making a very big mistake. Open Up the North...

UN officials warn of escalating tragedy without ceasefire in Gaza

The United Nations has renewed its urgent call for a ceasefire in Gaza as the humanitarian crisis deepens amid ongoing violence. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini emphasized on Thursday that no part of Gaza has been safe since the war began in October 2023, describing the situation as...

CA press wing debunks Indian Zeenews report on Prof Yunus

A recent report of Indian Zeenews titled DNA Exclusive: Analysing Mohammad Yunuss Alleged Operation Octopus In Bangladesh is completely false and fabricated, says the chief advisers press wing. The news item published in Indias Zeenews is completely false and fabricated, the press wing said in a...

Russians have greater media freedom on Telegram than EU citizens, says Durov

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has stated that Russians enjoy more media freedom on the platform than EU citizens, in a New Years message posted Tuesday, reports RT. Durov highlighted that while some Russian media outlets are banned in the EU under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and sanctions, all...

Turkiye singer Serdar Ortac faces trial for promoting illegal betting ads

The trial of renowned singer Serdar Ortac for allegedly promoting illegal betting advertisements began on Tuesday at the 25th Criminal Court of First Instance in Istanbuls Caglayan Justice Palace. Prominent entertainer Mehmet Ali Erbil, named as a witness, is also involved in the case, reads a...

Murdoch's News Corp sells Foxtel to DAZN for $2.1 billion

News Corp has finalized a deal to sell its Australian cable-TV unit, Foxtel, to London-based sports streaming platform DAZN for A$3.4 billion ($2.1 billion), including debt. The move reduces the Murdoch-controlled media conglomerates exposure to traditional cable TV, a business struggling to...

Assuming control of properties valued at Tk 30,000 crore

Simeen Rahman, the eldest daughter of industrialist Latifur Rahman, has been accused of seizing control of Transcom Groupthe parent company of The Daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Starusing forged documents and falsified signatures to exclude her siblings from their rightful inheritance. Her...

Let truth be our weapon against propaganda: CA

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday called upon the media and the people of the country to present the true picture of the country before the world, saying truth should be our weapon against propaganda. Let truth be our weapon against propaganda, he said while addressing the nation...

Human Rights Watch warns new El Salvador laws threaten free expression, privacy

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised alarm over El Salvadors newly approved cybersecurity and data protection laws, warning that the legislation could undermine media freedom and citizens privacy rights. The laws, passed by the Legislative Assembly on November 12, 2024, give the government sweeping...

Indian media's report on Bangladesh apparel industry misleading: CA press wing

Report published on Indian media Tuesday claiming that many global brands are now shifting their focus to Indian manufacturers from Bangladesh is misleading, Chief Advisers Press Wing said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The article published in India.com claims many clothing brands are now shifting...

Indian media mention West Bengal vlogger as Bangladeshi!

Since the fall of autocrat Sheikh Hasina, the Indian media has been spreading various propagandas on Bangladesh. Many major mainstream media outlets in India have participated in this propaganda mission. This time too, a similar thing happened centered over an incident on Goa beach in India....

Indian media, rumor mongers invited to visit Bangladesh for fact-checking

Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the Chief Adviser, invited Indian media and others spreading rumors to visit Bangladesh for fact verification. The invitation was made this morning during a discussion titled New Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges, and Way Forward. The press secretary...

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system. The outlets said in a joint statement on...

Fight misformation campaign with truth: CA's Press Secretary

Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has encouraged more journalists including woman reporters and editors to talk to the Indian media to confront misinformation campaign coming from some of the Indian media outlets and their social media platforms, reports UNB. We must tell our stories...

Adviser Nahid says Govt welcomes constructive criticism from media

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam has urged the media and journalists to provide constructive criticism to help improve the governments performance. He emphasized that such feedback would be valuable for refining government policies during an exchange of views with leaders of the...

Attacks on media won’t be tolerated: Shafiqul Alam

Chief Advisers press secretary Shafiqul Alam said threats and intimidation of journalists or attacking media outlets will not be tolerated, reports UNB. He made the comment while condemning the attack on the Prothom Alo office at Rajshahi in the strongest terms on Tuesday. He said on his...

Dismissed employees of S Alam-owned banks block roads in Chattogram

Hundreds of employees recently dismissed from three banks owned by the S Alam Group staged a one-hour road blockade in the Moijjartek area, near Shah Amanat Bridge, on Sunday morning. The protest caused severe traffic jams and disrupted the Chattogram-Coxs Bazar highway. The protestors demanded...

Efforts in progress to stabilize market ahead of Ramadan: Commerce Adviser

Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin has stated that the government is actively working to stabilize the prices of essential commodities, especially in anticipation of the upcoming Ramadan. He called on media professionals to support these efforts. Speaking at a scholarship cheque distribution...

Australia introduces 'Landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16

On Thursday, Australias centre-left government presented a new bill in parliament aimed at prohibiting social media use for children under the age of 16. The proposed legislation also includes provisions for hefty fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for social media platforms found to be in...

A banana could fetch up to $1.5m!

You might be amazed upon seeing the caption as it reads a duct-taped banana is set to sell for $1.5 million. But this is happening in this week duringa Sothebys auction, as CNN reports,The duct-taped banana could fetch up to $1.5 million this week. However, the banana first sold in 2019 for...

11-member media reform commission formed

The interim government has formed an 11-member media reform commission with veteran journalist Kamal Ahmed as its chief. The commission will submit their report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus by the next 90 days, said the chief advisers press wing on Monday, reports UNB. On October 17,...

Rohit Shetty: Young actors are insecure and too focused on social media

Rohit Shetty, the Indian filmmaker known for working with major stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Akshay Kumar, recently shared his thoughts on stardom and the current generation of actors in an interview with Mashable India and casting director Mukesh Chhabra. In the conversation,...

How Dubai Police use AI to tackle children on 'alarming' social media posts

An email from Interpol in the U.S. alerted Dubai authorities about a Snapchat post by a child that showed expired medicines labeled as suicide. The post raised serious concerns for the childs safety and the risk of other children copying it. When we received the alert, we knew we had to act...