Author: Afrose Jahan
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No, The photograph of Argentina Fans are not from this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar
Recently, a viral social media post on Facebook claimed a huge crowd of Argentina supporters gathered in Qatar supporting the Argentina football team taking part in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The photograph’s caption says, “Qatar is not stopping in any way. Argentina fans are giving surprises one after another”. See some of…
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No, the photograph of Brazil Fans are not from this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar
Recently, a viral social media post on Facebook claimed a huge crowd of Brazil supporters has gathered in Qatar supporting the Brazil football team taking part in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The photograph’s caption says, “Qatar is not stopping in any way. Brazil fans are giving surprises one after another”. See some…
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No, Bangladesh Army is not the largest army in the world
A video claiming that Bangladesh Army is the largest defence force in the world is going viral on the social media platform TikTok. The video, posted by the handle @bangladesharmy86 has received around 331.4 thousand likes and has been shared over two and half thousand’s times. Fact Check/ Verification In order to verify the claim,…
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Missing college student Yasha Sukanya raped while taking exam? False claim goes viral
A video is going viral on video sharing platform Titok claiming that a missing college student, Yasha Mridha Sukanya, was raped while she was taking her exam. Newschecker has verified this claim to be false. Who Is Yasha Sukanya? Yasha Sukanya, a 2nd-year student of the Siddheshwari College, was accompanied by her mother Najma Islam…
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Viral Image Of Dead Child Floating In Flood Waters Is not From Bangladesh
With heavy monsoon rains wreaking flood havoc across Sylhet division in Bangladesh, an image showing a dead toddler floating in the flood waters is going viral on social media. Social media users who shared the image claimed that the image showed a child who drowned in the floods in Sylhet. Here are some of the…
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No, hydrogen peroxide does not cause acid rain
Following the June 4 blast at the BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong, that killed 49 people and injured 300 others, a message warning about possible acid rain is being widely shared on social media. Newschecker looked into the claim to analyse if there was a possibility of acid rain due to the blast and…
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No, This Mushroom Was Never A Human, Talking Plants Don’t Exist
A satire video showing a garden sculpture of a ‘sad mushroom’ falsely shared as a ‘talking plant.’
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Fact Check: Did coronavirus originate from blood cells in the laboratory
A video claiming to show how Coronavirus ‘originated from blood’ cells in a laboratory is going viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok. The video shows a drop of blood on a glass slide, which can be seen multiplying into several droplets in a matter of mere seconds. The Bangla caption accompanying the claim says “The…
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The missile does not belong to Ukraine, it’s an Indian missile, Nag
A Tik Tok video claiming to show Ukraine’s ‘hidden ammunition’ that it plans to use in countering the Russian advances in the country, is going viral on the video-sharing platform. The missile is not a secret weapon made by Ukraine, but an Indian anti-tank guided missile “Nag”.
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Were Putin & Zelensky ‘Friends From Before’, Who Turned Enemies? No, Viral Claim Is False
The meeting is not between friends but the very first meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksiy.