Author: Rifat Mahmdul
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Fact Check: Does The Viral Video Show Music Disrupting Prayers Inside A Mosque In West Bengal? Know The Truth Here
Claim: Radical Hindus in India are playing trumpets inside a mosque. Fact: The viral video is not from West Bengal; it is from a shrine (Mazar) in Bangladesh. Recently, a video went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms claiming that radical Hindus in India are disrupting Muslim prayers by playing music (trumpets) inside a…
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Fact check: Old News Clip Goes Viral Claiming Ehsanul Haq Milon’s Arrest
Claim – Education Minister Ehsanul Haq Milon has been arrested. SSC examination has been cancelled.Fact – The news clip circulated in connection with demands for the education minister’s arrest is not recent. A news clip has recently gone viral on TikTok in connection with demands for the arrest of Education Minister Ehsanul Haq Milon. In…
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Fact Check: Viral Post With An Unrelated Video Claims Iran Has Blown Up CIA Headquarters
Claim – Iran attacked the CIA headquarters in Dubai.Fact – The video is from 2015 when a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Sharjah, the capital of the United Arab Emirates . Recently, a video has gone viral on the social media platform TikTok, claiming that Iran’s attack has blown up the headquarters…
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Fact Check: Multiple Old Videos Go Viral On Social Media, Claiming Vote Rigging
Claim: Votes are being cast illegally at various centres.Fact: The circulating videos are old and created using AI. The much-anticipated 13th National Parliamentary Election of Bangladesh was held on February 12, 2026. This election took place under the interim government, a year and a half after the July uprising. During the election period, several videos…
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Fact Check: Information Regarding Minimum Wage Increase for Garment Workers is Incorrect
Claim Recently, several news clips have gone viral on social media claiming that the minimum wage and salary for garment workers have increased to 17,568 BDT. It is being claimed that the lowest wage for apparel workers has now been raised to this amount. These videos gained significant traction both before and after the elections.…
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Fact Check: National Parliament Election on February 12 Cancelled? Know the Truth Behind The Viral Claim
Claim Recently, a news video from the mainstream media outlet ‘Channel 24’ has been circulated on the social media platform TikTok with the claim that ‘the 13th National Parliament Election on February 12 has been cancelled.’ See the post being circulated with this claim here. Fact Tracing the source of the viral video leads to…
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Fact Check: The Video Claiming To Show Sheikh Hasina’s ‘Live Meeting’ Is From 2010
Claim A video is being circulated on the social media platform TikTok with the claim that Sheikh Hasina held a direct meeting after a long time. See the post being circulated with this claim here. Fact The original video, from which the viral clip was segmented, was posted on November 25, 2010, on the YouTube…
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Fact Check: The Woman Tied and Tortured In Gulshan Is Not Hindu
Claim A video has been circulated on various local and Indian social media platforms claiming that a Hindu woman was tied to a pole in Gulshan and tortured by having cold water poured on her. It is argued that members of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh abducted and tortured the woman because of her Hindu faith. View the…
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Fact Check: Image Circulated Claiming Sheikh Hasina’s Presence At World Leaders’ Meeting In India Is Old
Claim Recently, on the social media platform TikTok, an image featuring former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and others is being circulated with the claim that it is a recent photo. The caption of the image further claims, “At the meeting of all Prime Ministers in India,…
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Fact Check: Claim of Dr Yunus Visiting The Hospital To See Khaleda Zia Circulates An Old Video Of A Different Incident
Claim BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was in a critical condition. As news of her illness spread, party leaders and activists, supporters, and media personnel gathered in front of Evercare Hospital in the capital. At this time, a video was circulated on the social media platform TikTok, claiming that Interim Government…