Army dismisses Indian media report on `Military Operations Zone` as baseless

The Bangladesh Army has said that the report titled 'Bangladesh to declare Cox's Bazar to Bandarban area as a Military Operations Zone' published by the Indian media 'Northeast News' is completely false, baseless and purposefully fabricated.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a notification in this regard on Sunday (June 1).

It is a clear example of deliberate disinformation propagated by segments of the Indian media seeking to destabilise Bangladesh's internal harmony and undermine its armed forces, said the Bangladesh Army in a statement on Sunday.

The insinuation that the Bangladesh Army supports insurgent actors is not only baseless but malicious. Such speculative reporting, devoid of evidence, reflects a broader agenda to sow discord and mislead the public, reads the statement.