20 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 00:00, updated 6 h ago
সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যমে আদালত অবমাননার অভিযোগ: ট্রাইব্যুনালে ক্ষমা চাইলেন সুপ্রিম কোর্টের দুই আইনজীবী
two Supreme Court lawyers apologise to tribunal for contempt on social media
Photo: Channel 24
Neutral summary
Two Supreme Court lawyers, Mohammad Hasanuzzaman Tushar and Mohammad Hasan Chowdhury, apologised unconditionally before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday, 26 October 2026, for contempt of court over social media posts. The posts described the 15 September death sentences for seven people, including Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, as a 'kangaroo court' verdict. According to Prothom Alo, the tribunal had earlier been told the lawyers had deleted the posts, acted out of emotion, and studied in the UK. Chief Prosecutor Md. Aminul Islam said such conduct was not expected from a practising lawyer. Jugantor reported that security was tightened and hearings were cancelled. The tribunal adjourned the case to 25 January to allow written submissions, and will decide the matter's seriousness, according to the outlets.
Where accounts differ. Prothom Alo reports the lawyers' counsel Mansurul Haque Chowdhury saying they studied in the UK and the tribunal's remarks on politeness, which only Prothom Alo includes, and Amar Desh and Prothom Alo differ on whether the tribunal adjourned until 25 January.
Jugantor
Amar Sangbad
Bangla Edition
Amar Desh
Prothom Alo
Written by AI from these outlets' articles: facts they report, claims attributed, numbers checked against the sources. It may still contain errors; read the originals.
Article analysis
Band BLocalised faults
JugantorNeutral
Reports factually that two lawyers apologised for calling a verdict a 'kangaroo court', repeatedly labelling them by partisan affiliation and relaying only the prosecution's rationale.
Sixteen of the twenty outlets that covered this event headlined it neutrally.
The faults are local; the reporter's narration stays descriptive.
1 Straight reporting10 Campaigning
The same event, three framings
The earliest headline of each kind. Marked words are judgements in the headline itself: stated as fact or in quotation marks.
Neutral 16 of 20
আদালত অবমাননা: ট্রাইব্যুনালে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি দুই আইনজীবী
Amar Sangbad
Stated as fact 2 of 20
ট্রাইব্যুনালে হাজির হয়ে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি ২ আইনজীবী
Channel 24
In quotation marks 2 of 20
ক্যাঙারু কোর্টের মন্তব্য: ট্রাইব্যুনালে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন দুই আইনজীবী
Kalbela
How the 3 was worked out
The model answers seven fixed questions from 0 to 3 and cites evidence for each. The score is calculated from the answers in code, so any disagreement points to one question.
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G1
Reporter's own voiceOne isolated evaluative word in the reporter's voice. Evidence 11
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G2
HeadlineReports the event or the speech act; contested claims are attributed.0
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G3
Other side missingThe other side is present, but only as a token line. Evidence 21
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G4
Weight of the unanswered allegationNo allegation against an identifiable party.0
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G5
Loaded quotesQuotes are informational.0
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G6
Unattributed claimsEvery disputable claim is attributed.0
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G7
Missing contextMinor context is missing. Evidence 31
Evidence
1Word choiceReporter voice
আওয়ামীপন্থি দুই আইনজীবী
Partisan label applied repeatedly to the lawyers in narration, foregrounding affiliation over role.
2CoverageReporter voice
নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করেন
The lawyers' own words or reasons in court are not quoted; only the prosecution's rationale is given.
3Cherry pickingReporter voice
সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যমে বিরূপ মন্তব্য ছড়িয়ে পড়ে
The original comments and the context of the verdict (in absentia, criticism) are not described, leaving the contempt case thinly contextualised.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 2 G1 = 1, below 2: not band D Not band C or A: band B Band B: S ≤ 3 gives 3, 4 to 6 gives 4, 7 or more gives 5. Score 3
Every headline, in order
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Channel 24
Bangladesh
First to report
Stated as fact
ট্রাইব্যুনালে হাজির হয়ে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি ২ আইনজীবী
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Kalbela
Bangladesh
In quotes
ক্যাঙারু কোর্টের মন্তব্য: ট্রাইব্যুনালে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন দুই আইনজীবী
Headline changed; now
ট্রাইব্যুনালে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি দুই আইনজীবী
26 Oct, 06:50 -
Bangla Tribune
Bangladesh
Stated as fact
ট্রাইব্যুনালে হাজির হয়ে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থী ২ আইনজীবী
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NTV
Bangladesh
Neutral
ট্রাইব্যুনালে হাজির হয়ে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি দুই আইনজীবী
-
Jugantor
Bangladesh
Analysed above
Neutral
-
Shomoyer Alo
Bangladesh
Neutral
-
Dainik Purbokone
Bangladesh
Neutral
-
The Report24 Bangladesh Neutral
ট্রাইব্যুনালে হাজির হয়ে নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা চাইলেন আওয়ামীপন্থি ২ আইনজীবী
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Risingbd.com
Bangladesh
Neutral
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Amar Desh
Bangladesh
Neutral
ট্রাইব্যুনালে দুই আওয়ামীপন্থি আইনজীবীর নিঃশর্ত ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা
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Desh Rupantor
Bangladesh
Neutral
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Samakal
Bangladesh
Neutral
About this method
Method. Bias types follow the Table of Media Bias Elements and the Media Bias Taxonomy (both CC BY 4.0). The impartiality rules follow the BBC Editorial Guidelines and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code. This analysis was made by claude-opus-5-5 on rubric 1.0.0. The score is calculated from the seven answers, never generated.
What this is not. No outlet gets a standing bias rating, and there is no left/right axis, because that axis does not describe Bangladeshi politics. Each analysis covers one article about one event. Members' analytics count how each outlet's headlines were labelled over a chosen period, with the number of headlines behind every share, and also show the average score of an outlet's scored articles: that average describes those articles (mostly each story's lead), not the outlet, and outlets are never ranked by it or by any share.
Known limits. Headlines are grouped into stories automatically, so an unrelated headline sometimes slips in; it is shown faded rather than hidden. Where outlets carry the same wire copy, the comparison has little to show. Human annotators agree on bias in Bangla news only moderately (κ = 0.574 at best), which limits what any automated score can claim.