{"id":35921,"date":"2026-01-14T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35921"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:00:44","slug":"bangladesh-warns-of-disinformation-flood-ahead-of-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35921","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh warns of disinformation &#8216;flood&#8217; ahead of vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Bangladesh&#8217;s interim leader warned Tuesday of a surge of disinformation that he said threatened to impact critical elections next month, the first since a 2024 uprising toppled the government.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said he had called on the United Nations human rights team to &#8220;counter a surge of misinformation targeting the February 12 elections&#8221;, his office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been a flood of misinformation surrounding the elections,&#8221; Yunus told UN rights chief Volker Turk in a telephone call, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is coming from both foreign media and local sources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has been in political turmoil since a student-led revolt overthrew former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year autocratic rule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have flooded social media with fake news, rumours and speculation,&#8221; Yunus added. &#8220;We are concerned about the impact this may have on the elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turk, according to the Bangladesh press statement, offered the UN&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n<p>European Union election observers say the vote in the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people will be the &#8220;biggest democratic process of 2026&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Yunus, who returned from exile in August 2024 at the behest of protesters to lead a caretaker government as &#8220;chief advisor&#8221;, will step down after the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Yunus said he inherited a &#8220;completely broken&#8221; political system, and championed a reform charter he argues is vital to prevent a return to authoritarian rule.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh&#8217;s interim leader warned Tuesday of a surge of disinformation that he said threatened to impact critical elections next month, the first since a 2024 uprising toppled the government. Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said he had called on the United Nations human rights team to &#8220;counter a surge of misinformation targeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}