3 sourcesFirst reported yesterday at 15:58, updated 1 h ago
বিয়ের প্রলোভনে শারীরিক সম্পর্কে অন্তঃসত্ত্বা কুমিল্লায় দেড় লাখ টাকায় নবজাতক বিক্রির ঘটনায় গ্রেপ্তার ৪
four arrested for selling newborn for taka in comilla
Photo: Manab Zamin
Article analysis
Band COne-sided, no editorial voice
Manab ZaminNeutral
Mostly police-attributed crime report, but the headline asserts the seduction allegation as fact, one motive is narrated unattributed, and the accused get no voice.
Three of the three outlets that covered this event headlined it neutrally.
The reporter's own narration carries no evaluation, which keeps it out of the top band (8 to 10).
1 Straight reporting10 Campaigning
The same event, one framing
The earliest headline of each kind. Marked words are judgements in the headline itself: stated as fact or in quotation marks.
Neutral 3 of 3
কুমিল্লায় ৫০ হাজার টাকায় বিক্রি করে দেওয়া নবজাতক উদ্ধার, গ্রেপ্তার ৪
Desh Rupantor
How the 6 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 41
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G2
HeadlineAsserts a contested claim in the paper's voice. Evidence 12
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G3
Other side missingThe other side is absent, with no sign a response was sought. Evidence 33
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G4
Weight of the unanswered allegationAllegation of crime, violence or grave moral fault. Evidence 33
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G5
Loaded quotesQuotes are informational.0
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G6
Unattributed claimsOne or two disputable claims are unattributed. Evidence 21
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G7
Missing contextNecessary background is present.0
Evidence
1Headline-body attribution mismatchHeadline voice
বিয়ের প্রলোভনে শারীরিক সম্পর্কে অন্তঃসত্ত্বা
Headline states as fact the seduction-by-marriage-promise allegation that the body attributes to the complaint.
2Unsubstantiated claimReporter voice
এরপর নবজাতকের পিতৃপরিচয় গোপন করতে নবজাতাক বিক্রি করে দেন।
Motive and act of sale narrated as fact without attribution.
3CoverageReporter voice
গ্রেপ্তারকৃতরা হলেন—জোবেদা আক্তার সানজিদা, নজরুল ইসলাম মনির, স্বপ্না বেগম ও রিপন।
Arrested and accused persons are not quoted and no response or lawyer comment is mentioned; sourcing is police only.
4Word choiceReporter voice
মাত্র চার ঘণ্টার মধ্যে
'Only' adds mild praise of police speed.
Show the calculation
S = G2 + … + G7 = 2 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 9 G1 = 1, below 2: not band D G3 ≥ 2, and G2, G5 or G6 ≥ 2: band C Band C: S ≤ 12 gives 6, 13 or more gives 7. Score 6
Every headline, in order
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Desh Rupantor
Bangladesh
First to report
Neutral
কুমিল্লায় ৫০ হাজার টাকায় বিক্রি করে দেওয়া নবজাতক উদ্ধার, গ্রেপ্তার ৪
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Shomoyer Alo
Bangladesh
Neutral
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Manab Zamin
Bangladesh
Analysed above
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.