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The investigation caused a firestorm in Bangladesh. Dhaka’s The New Age newspaper wrote that it was “met by a crush of embarrassment in almost every sphere of the state…to the extent that it was a bombshell, ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ was a real stink bomb.”
The documentary received more than eight million views on YouTube alone. Local media described it as an “explosive” film that had gone “viral on social media”.
Bangladesh authorities labelled the investigation as 'false, defamatory and politically motivated’.
The Economist wrote, “The Bangladeshi government did not investigate the allegations. It did not even bother to rebut the claims in detail…. Instead, it simply dismissed the whole story as a “smear campaign”.
Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the BNP, demanded answers from the government on the evidence of corruption presented in the investigation.
In February 2021, a Dhaka court indicted in absentia two journalists involved in the production, as well as the Director General of Al Jazeera, on sedition charges.
Bangladesh police also charged a source under the country’s Digital Security Act for "spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities".
Happy New Year 2022...🐍#DhakaMafia🐍 pic.twitter.com/CH2Fxh24My
— ☠️MOTHER OF MAFIA☠️ (@sajib2273) December 31, 2021
Il complotto ideato da una potente famiglia criminale del #Bangladesh per portare a compimento un colpo di stato nel paese, rivelato dall'inchiesta di @AlJazeera vincitrice di @DIGawards raccontata da uno degli autori @willthorne1 a #Checkpoint @RaiNews @msapia24 pic.twitter.com/GylEYOyI0M
— Marina Lalovic (@MarinaLalovic) October 5, 2021
কৃষ্ণ করলে লীলাখেলা,
— ☠️MOTHER OF MAFIA☠️ (@sajib2273) July 29, 2021
আমি করলে ঢং!
বেগম খালেদা জিয়া করলে “পাকিস্তান প্রীতি” আর আমি করলে “ম্যাংগো ডিপ্লোম্যাসি”!#DhakaMafia pic.twitter.com/VEfd36pJ7v
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— Kazi Anik (@k_An_ik) April 23, 2021
HR Prime Minister #SheikhHasina @AJIunit #AllThePrimeMinistersMen #DhakaMafia pic.twitter.com/kZPyD1zYqP
বাংলার জনগণের রক্তের উপর দাঁড়িয়ে স্বামী স্ত্রীর ভালোবাসা!#DhakaMafia #ShiekhHasina pic.twitter.com/0Ukvh38I9F
— ☠️MOTHER OF MAFIA☠️ (@sajib2273) March 24, 2021
Seems that @AJEnglish is doing a better job tracking these guys than the Interpol?
— FG⭕️VT (@borneoOG) February 16, 2021
