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Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) As women in Bangladesh increasingly engage in online spaces, there has been a surge in incidents of technology-facilitated abuse ranging from cyber harassment and blackmail to deepfakes and coordinated digital attacks, local media reported on Saturday.Citing Police Cyber Support for Women (PCSW) data, leading Bangladeshi daily Dhaka Tribune reported that 60,808 women approached authorities for cybercrime cases by September 2024.Among the documented cases, doxxing accounted f…

Dhaka, Feb 11 (IANS) With Bangladesh heading for polls on Thursday, election rules strictly prohibit exploiting religious sentiments for gaining electoral advantage, yet the parties and candidates from across the political spectrum ran paid ads and unpaid social media content portraying the rival camps as “bad Muslims,” local media reported on Wednesday. An analysis of 50 sponsored ads between December 23, 2025, and February 6, 2026 reveals that both Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Ja…