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DHAKA, Jan 11, 2024 (BSS) - Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said money launderers are still spreading propaganda abroad. 

He said during the ousted Awami League era, the biggest looting in the world history took place in Bangladesh. 

"Sheikh Hasina established a system of thievery in the country...Her job was to provide work orders to big companies in exchange of money," Alam alleged saying that those who laundered money abroad are now spreading propaganda spending the ill-gotten money.

Shafiqul Alam made the remarks at a discussion titled 'The Role of the Media in the July Revolution and Future Expectations' at Jagannath University here.

The press secretary said through the propaganda, they want to establish the narrative that a fundamentalist force has emerged here now and there was no mass uprising. "The defeated force wants to turn you into militant again," he told the audience. 

About the role of the media in the July revolution, he alleged that many media outlets portrayed the protesters as 'enemies of the nation'. 

Using the language of the media, the message was being sent to the rulers that these protesters should be suppressed, Alam said. 

"If the fascist forces had won, two lakh people would have gone to jail, and then the narrative would have been that some miscreants had created anarchy across the country," he added. 

Noting that journalism is not just a profession but a responsibility too, Shafiqul Alam said, "We will analyse better who played what role in the July Revolution."

He urged all to write down their experiences and observations to this end.
Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) Director General Faruk Wasif also spoke on the occasion.