A fake page of Prothom Alo goes viral

Screenshot of a fake newspaper front page looking like Prothom Alo's 14 October issue went viral in the social media since Saturday afternoon.

The screenshot shows the image of the page containing two major stories headlined "CJ leaves country facing government pressure" and "Threats to compel CJ to leave country".

It includes a commentary headlined "Government demonstrates its prowess" with the byline of Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman.

In fact, there is no such news report or image published in the front page of Prothom Alo on Saturday.

In an announcement, the newspaper authorities said that this was an act of ill motive.