It began as an unremarkable moment on the streets of Newark, Delaware—a single traffic violation catching the eye of officers patrolling in the evening hours. Around 9:10 p.m. on August 29, members of the Newark Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit pulled over a driver for what was initially described as a routine traffic offense. In the dark, with cars passing by and streetlights overhead, no one could have predicted where that stop would lead. The driver, police later said, appeared cooperative enough at first, reaching for identification when asked. But when officers examined the identification card he handed over, something…

In a modest hall in Hossainpur upazila, where three days of training had just come to an end, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Chowdhury stood before a roomful of journalists not merely to distribute certificates, but to remind them of the weight of the pen and the camera they carry. The occasion was the closing ceremony of a workshop on multimedia journalism, fact-checking and artificial intelligence, and the atmosphere was one of reflection rather than celebration. The minister’s words carried a clear urgency: journalists are operating in a time when misinformation, rumours and AI-generated content spread faster…