In an age where misinformation is weaponized to shape political narratives, Bangladesh’s interim government’s press wing under Muhammad Yunus has mastered the art of propaganda. By systematically dismissing critical reporting as “fake news,” manipulating facts, and forging alliances with foreign actors, Yunus’s administration is eroding democratic discourse and jeopardizing Bangladesh’s geopolitical stability. The recent attempt to discredit “The Organiser“’s investigative report on Yunus’s meeting with Alex Soros—president of the Open Society Foundations (OSF)—is a glaring example of this broader pattern of deception.

On January 29, “The Organiser” published a report detailing Yunus’s covert meeting with Alex Soros, suggesting that Yunus sought Soros’s intervention in U.S.-Bangladesh relations amid tensions with former President Donald Trump. Instead of addressing these serious allegations, the government’s Press Wing responded with a reflexive dismissal, branding the report “false” and blaming Indian “nationalists” for allegedly conspiring to reinstate Sheikh Hasina, whom it falsely portrayed as a Trump “proxy.”

The response was riddled with contradictions and failed to address key concerns. The Press Wing completely ignored corroborating evidence published by “Blitz“, which included reference links absent from The Organiser’s version. Instead of engaging with the substance of the report, the government resorted to the tired tactic of calling it “fake news,” exposing a regime more interested in self-preservation than transparency.

This is not an isolated case. It is part of a broader strategy by Yunus’s administration to discredit inconvenient truths while amplifying its own agenda through state-controlled media.

Yunus’s media wing has repeatedly dismissed or downplayed reports of religious persecution in Bangladesh. A telling example is the government’s reaction to Trump’s October 2023 statement condemning violence against........

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