Awami League authorities’s ‘allied’ newspaper collaborates with rivals of Sheikh Hasina

Vernacular tabloid ‘Manabzamin’ has been persistently working in opposition to ruling Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whereas it additionally overtly patronizes and promotes Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, Al Qaeda-connected Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP)’s consultant in the US, who is also notoriously anti-India. It has additionally been learnt, Ansarey is the US correspondent of this vernacular tabloid.

Though chief editor and editor of this newspaper are identified of having fun with blessings and backing of an influential determine within the authorities – its function is aimed toward tarnishing picture of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ruling Awami League in addition to Bangladesh via publishing “sensational reviews” and commentaries are well-documented, whereas earlier than January 7 normal elections, this newspaper tried to foiling and create a political vacuum within the nation. In the course of the rule of the military-backed interim authorities throughout 2007-2008, Manabzamin was on the forefront of ruthless propaganda concentrating on Sheikh Hasina and different key-figures of Awami League. Onwards, when Awami League got here to energy via a landslide victory below the magnanimous management of Sheikh Hasina, Manabzamin continued its propaganda with the vicious agenda of defaming Sheikh Hasina and Awami League.

Manabzamin additionally has proven particular enthusiasm in becoming a member of anti-government propaganda of controversial half Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunus.

Though we in Blitz have all the time been exposing Manabzamin’s infamous actions in opposition to the nation and the ruling celebration, now this newspaper’s secret connections with enemies of Bangladesh in addition to the cyber criminals have come into the sunshine.

On June 16, 2024, some of the notorious cyber criminals and jihadist-terrorist Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami has publicly admitted his secret connections with Manabzamin and its chief editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, thus proving, sitting in Dhaka, Chowdhury has been sustaining communications with these infamous parts and in addition been publishing propaganda contents concentrating on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ruling Awami League in addition to essential figures within the authorities. Sami’s Fb put up is said to a lead report revealed in Manabzamin in its June 16 version concentrating on Asaduzzaman Miah, former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The report titled “All of the wealth of Mia saheb” appeared below the byline of Mariam Chompa, a reporter of the newspaper.

In his put up, Sami wrote: Manabzamin editor Mr. Matiur Rahman Chowdhury dedicated a really heinous act.

After I approached him on 12^th [June] with my investigation about DMP Commissioner (former) Asadujzaman Mia and requested him to print this story with my byline, he virtually instantly agreed. And the following day I shared all of the recordsdata in my proof folder with him. He additionally noticed that file, however since then he stopped receiving my calls. However right this moment I noticed that he printed my report within the identify of Mariam Champa.

This isn’t the primary time my story has been stolen by others, however I didn’t count on this from brother Matiur [Matiur Rahman Chowdhury]. I’ve given a number of reviews to the journalists of Manabzamin earlier than with none curiosity. Moti brother, you haven’t performed the suitable factor. And I’ll bear in mind this incident.

Commenting on the put up, AKM Wahiduzzaman, Assistant Professor at Nationwide College, Gazipur, Bangladesh wrote, “Earlier I considered alerting you”.

There are over 151 feedback, 1,200 likes and 27 shares on Sami’s put up. Sami additionally has revealed the identical content material on his ‘X’ (previously often called Twitter) account.

Whereas Manabzamin reporter Mariam Chompa in a put up on Meta (Fb) claimed her report was not primarily based on info supplied by Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami, mysteriously, inside hours of publishing the report each on its on-line and print version, Manabzamin has eliminated the content material from its web site. Though deleting contents from its web site shouldn’t be new with this tabloid.

Replying to feedback on her Fb put up, Mariam Chompa has additionally admitted of sustaining communications with Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami and taking his “assist” in a lot of beforehand revealed reviews, whereas she termed this cyber legal “brother” and “revered particular person”. This explicit assertion of Mariam Chompa evidently proves their intimacy with cyber criminals who’re working vile propaganda in opposition to Bangladesh, ruling Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addition to distinguished figures within the administration.

It’s a matter of nice shock, Bangladeshi intelligence companies are unaware of such connections between Manabzamin and enemies of Bangladesh. Moreover, it is also a thriller as to why a really influential determine within the authorities is having connections with this tabloid.

Moreover, Manabzamin reporter has admitted of sustaining connections with Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami in addition to different anti-Bangladesh cyber criminals resembling extortionist Fb web page and YouTube channel named ‘Nagorik TV’. It has additionally been alleged that this tabloid has earlier revealed a number of reviews on the premise of knowledge it obtained from Sami.

It might be talked about right here that, throughout BNP-Jamaat’s rule, Matiur Rahman Chouwdhury maintained excessive cordiality with a number of key figures together with Harris Chowdhury and Tarique Rahman. Now he’s overtly patronizing infamous people resembling Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey and publishing his anti-government contents with enthusiasm.

Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami, a self-styled journalist claims to be affiliated with Al Jazeera English, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Challenge (OCCRP) and Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He was expelled from Hungary a number of years in the past on allegations of his involvement in terrorist acts in addition to drug trafficking.

In line with Terrorism Analysis & Evaluation Consortium (TRAC), which is likely one of the most complete compendiums of knowledge and evaluation of terrorist teams and actions on this planet, jihadist Zulkarnain Saer Khan threatened to behead a Hindu rights activist and professor Kushal Baran Chakraborty in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Following publication of collection of investigative reviews in Blitz exposing infamous actions of a jihadist terrorist and Hamas patron, Europe’s main and most-influential multi-media information channel EuroNews, via a report titled ‘Cryptocurrency, medicine, cash laundering: a Hungarian thread within the funding of Hamas’ has additional uncovered harmful actions of Zulkarnain Saer Sami, alias Zulkarnain Saer, alias Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami alias Tanvir Md. Sadat, who after being deported from Hungary landed in the UK and sought asylum.

For the sake of nation’s picture, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must ask authorities involved to investigative Matiur Rahman Chowdhury’s romance with members of Al Qaeda-connected Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration in addition to recognized cyber criminals resembling Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey and Zulkarnain Saer Khan Sami.

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