Dhaka, July 19 -- Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir has said Bangladesh's meme community has shown that satire is not just about jokes, it is about truth, courage and community.

Meme pages, once seen as hubs for light-hearted humor, transformed into platforms of "protest and solidarity."

"In the face of violent crackdowns by the authoritarian Awami League government during the Quota Reform protests and the July Uprising, these meme creators emerged as unexpected truth-tellers," he said, recalling moments around this time last year.

As Bangladesh's youths flooded the streets demanding reform in July last year, Apurba said, a parallel resistance was unfolding, not on avenues or campuses, but in the comment sections a...