Bangladesh Army has termed AL-Jazeera report as “false, defamatory and a politically motivated smear campaign” intended to disrupt the harmony among different government organs of the country and destabilise the secular democratic government of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Army Headquarters in a rejoinder has condemned in the strongest possible words the concocted and ill intended report by a vested group in the news channel Al-Jazeera titled ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ aired on 02 February 2021.

“This, in fact, is a sequel by the same vested group which has been attempting to destabilise the country in the recent times,” said Inter Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR).

The commentators of the report are David Bergman, a convict of International Crimes Tribunal,  Zulkarnain Saer Khan (featured as Sami in the report), an ex-cadet expelled from Bangladesh Military Academy on charges of drug addiction, and Tasneem Khalil, the Chief Editor of infamous Netra News. The nexus among the ill-motivated and vested personalities is clearly visible in their past credentials. 

It is not clear how an international news channel like Al-Jazeera can associate itself with such an ill-intentioned group of people with criminal records. The video is prepared putting together clips of different official, social and private events using technology. Several disconnected events are edited together giving voices at the background.