It has recently been noticed that fake emails have been sent to different political people using the name of the Dhaka Tribune and one of its reporters, seeking their interviews.
According to an email, Kayes Sohel, Junior Auditor of Dhaka Tribune, said the media was launching a new magazine.
The claim made by the sender is totally false, as the newspaper is not launching any magazine and it does not have any such position.
Although the Dhaka Tribune has a reporter with the same name, he was not assigned to do such interviews and neither has he sent any of these emails.
On October 8, the fictitious sender had emailed Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of the prime minister, seeking an appointment for an interview.
The email, mentioning the sender’s name as Kayes Sohel, sought to interview them about the next election and mentioned that the paper was doing a survey on possible election outcome.
The email reads: “I am Kayes Sohel, Junior Auditor of Dhaka Tribune. There is a new magazine release by our media centre in which we are going to give points on the winning leader parties of Bangladesh in which we request you to give us an interview about which party will have the courage to win as per our questionnaire. As Research done by our marketing team we came to know about some members who should give us a proper feedback about the winning party and political leader. It would be our immense pleasure if you would like to give us a chance to have an interview-session with you.”
On October 9, the sender sent a similar email to Sushanta Das Gupta, but the email ID or domain used by the sender is not used by the Dhaka Tribune. The file attached with the email contains virus, which was confirmed by the newspaper after it checked the mail.
So, the newspaper has no relation with such fabricated and false emails.
