The announcement from Banglanews24—”Govt calls for public awareness drive to counter misinformation”—may sound like a routine official statement, but it is actually a much deeper and more human thing. It is an admission that we live in a world where a lie can circle the globe before the truth has even put on its shoes. Misinformation is not just a political buzzword or a media problem. It is a daily, real-life force that can scare a grandmother into taking the wrong medicine, turn neighbors against one another, inflame ethnic tensions, and shake people’s faith in fair elections. The government’s call…

By the time the final whistle echoed around the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Liverpool had the three points in the bag and a 2-1 win to show for a scrappy, hard-fought Premier League afternoon. Isak had scored the winner, the travelling support was buzzing, and on the surface everything seemed to be moving in the right direction. But beneath that surface, there was a growing sense of unease that had nothing to do with the performance. Two important players had limped off during the match, and the mood in the away end had shifted from celebration to anxious…