Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- During the course of the last decade, a revolution has swept across Bangladesh. It did not happen through ballots or barricades, but on the screens glowing in the palms of ordinary people.

Just with a mere smartphone in their hands, citizens have become penmen of their own age, reporters without press identification, editors without newsrooms, story-tellers of the new dawn.

This is the saga of how citizen journalism rose from whispers in the streets to a force that could shake governments.

Once, truth in Bangladesh flowed through a few select gates - the newsroom, the press briefing, the evening bulletin. Today, it flows through millions of fingertips. By 2025, more than 77 million Bangladeshis were online, and over 6...