Indian flag trampling photo AI-generated
The viral photo which showed a man, in panjabi, pajama and tupi carrying a Bangladeshi flag, stepping on an Indian flag was AI-generated, reported Rumour Scanner on Wednesday...
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Iran releases Nobel Peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave
Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media...
Indian media, relations between Bangladesh and India
SINCE the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising, there has been a noticeable shift in India-Bangladesh relations. Historically regarded as each other鈥檚 closest allies, the two countries share significant geographic and cultural ties. However, tensions have occasionally surfaced, with a considerable portion of the Bangladeshi population perceiving India as the more advantaged...
Kuwait urges 鈥榠mmediate ceasefire鈥� for Gaza at Gulf summit
Kuwait鈥檚 ruler on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as he addressed a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held after nearly 14 months of war in the Palestinian territory...
Contents should be inspiring: seminar
Speakers including journalists, content creators and media activists at a seminar on Saturday said that contents should be inspiring and that they aimed to entertain audiences instead of mimicking different cultural values...
Politicians for strong govt role to ensure media freedom
Condemning the recent attacks on media outlets and intimidation of journalists in various ways, politicians on Thursday demanded a strong role from the interim government to ensure freedom of the media.
Australia takes step to ban under 16s from social media
Australian lawmakers moved a step closer to banning under 16s from social media platforms Wednesday, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines...
Govt expects media鈥檚 responsibility in resisting conspiracy: Nahid
Urging the media to play responsible role in resisting conspiracy, information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Tuesday said that the ousted fascist government was hatching conspiracy continuously to create an unstable situation across the country...
Govt will not tolerate attacks on media outlets: Shafiqul Alam
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said that threats and intimidation of journalists or attacking media outlets would not be tolerated...
Media and information literacy in combating fake news
IN THE days before the Internet, social media, artificial intelligence, and polarised TV hosts, rumours spread the traditional way, passed from one person to another and neighbour to ighbor. A classic example of this phenomenon can be found in the Bengali poem Pandosram by Shamsur Rahman, where people frantically chase after an eagle, believing...
Legality of media trials in Bangladesh
A RECENT incident in Bangladesh shocked people after the media reported that a young man had killed his mother and stored her body in a refrigerator. The news portrayed him as a cold-blooded murderer. However, later investigations revealed that some neighbours, not the son, were responsible for the crime. Despite this, the earlier reports...
Australian parliament considers under-16 social media ban
Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail to keep children off social media under new laws to be debated in Australia鈥檚 parliament Thursday.
AI in social transformation
ARTIFICIAL intelligence has a multifaceted impact on digital contents and social media. In recent years, the impact of AI-embedded social media channels has had a profound effect on developing countries. These technologies have transformed both economic activities and social activism by providing new frontiers for growth and civic engagement that...
BCC bans sharing info with media, individuals
Barishal City Corporation has issued an order, prohibiting its officials from providing any information to the media, individuals, or organisations on matters related to the city corporation...
JCD leader relieved of post for demanding money from accused
A leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was relieved of his organisational position a day after several audio clips of him seeking money from a person accused in a case went viral on social media on Thursday...
Australia plans to ban social media for children under 16
Australia's prime minister on Thursday vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was 鈥榙oing real harm to our kids鈥�.
Senegal navy intercepts nearly 600 migrants in 10 days
Senegal鈥檚 navy has intercepted nearly 600 irregular migrants in the last 10 days departing from the coast of the West African country, according to posts on its social media account...
India warns social media after airline bomb threats
India has warned social media platforms of 鈥榗onsequential action鈥� after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security...
Assessment of AI integration in Bangladeshi news media held
An assessment finding sharing meeting in Dhaka on Saturday revealed that many journalists in Bangladesh were leveraging artificial intelligence in their individual work but institutional use in newsrooms operations remained nominal...
Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced...
6th edition of World Media Summit begins in China
The 6th World Media Summit officially opened on October 14, drawing over 500 representatives from 208 media organisations, government bodies, and international institutions across 106 countries...
TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in AI shift
Social media platform TikTok said it will slash hundreds of jobs, with a significant number of employees in Malaysia expected to be affected, as the company shifts to AI-assisted content moderation...
Presentation of mass uprising in Indian media criticised
Political analysts, fact-checkers, journalists and academics on Friday criticised the presentation of recent student-led mass uprising, which forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India, in the Indian media.
Police arrest six on charge of cheating flat buyer, seize Tk 57.50 lakh
The police have arrested six people on charges of cheating and looting money and seized Taka 57.50 lakh in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Media workers demand immediate implementation of 9th wage board
The immediate implementation of the 9th wage board award for the newspaper and news agency journalists and employees has been demanded.
Media reform commission to be formed in consultation with stakeholders: Adviser
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Monday said that a media reform commission would be formed in consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
Patiya police station, army vehicle come under attack
A group of people attacked the Patiya police station in Chattogram and an army vehicle, demanding the handover of a youth arrested for insulting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) on social media...
Nahid hopes to announce media reform commission next week
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Monday said that the interim government was hopeful about declaring the formation of the mass media reform commission by the next week...
Kenyan court rules Meta can be sued over moderator sackings
A Kenyan court has ruled that US social media giant Meta can be sued over poor working conditions and layoffs, paving the way for a legal battle in the East African nation...
French media sue Google for $1.1b over advertising
Seven French media groups plan to sue Google seeking more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for alleged anti-competitive practices in online advertising, a report said Friday...