Author: Rifat Mahmdul
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Fact Check: Claim of DUCSU Election Vote Rigging Using Viral Old Unrelated Video
Claim A video recently circulated on social media platforms, including TikTok, showing a teenager stamping multiple ballot papers, claiming the incident is from the recent DUCSU election held on September 9. The videos can be seen- here, here & here Newschecker verified and found this claim false. Fact Newschecker investigated the authenticity of the claim…
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Fact Check: Did The UN Spokesperson Asks Dr. Yunus to Hand Over Power Within 25 Days? Know The Truth
Claim– UN will intervene to bring back Sheikh Hasina.Fact– The original video does not contain such information. A video has been circulating on the social media platform TikTok for some time, claiming that UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the UN would intervene with its security forces to oust Dr. Yunus and reinstall the Hasina…
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Fact check: Myanmar’s Old Video Goes Viral Claiming To Be Earthquake In Russia
Claim A video of an earthquake is going viral on social media, where it is claimed that the incident is from the recent 8.7 magnitude earthquake in Russia. Watch the video here. Newschecker has verified and found the claim to be false. Fact To verify the authenticity of the viral video claiming to be from…
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Fact Check: Old Speech of Sheikh Hasina As a Recent Live Speech From India
Claim A video recently circulated on the social media platform TikTok, claiming that Sheikh Hasina spoke live for the first time from India. In the video, Sheikh Hasina is heard saying, “Dear countrymen and those at the grassroots level in Bangladesh who are living in extreme hardship, all leaders and workers of our beloved organisation…
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Fact Check: Journalist Tuhin’s Death: Was It Linked to an Extortion Video Recording?
Claim – Recording an extortion video led to journalist Tuhin’s death. He was stabbed and killed.Fact – It was not an extortion video but a robbery video that led to journalist Tuhin being stabbed and killed. On August 7, in the Chandana area of Chowrasta, Gazipur, journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin of the Daily Ajker Kagoj was…
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Fact Check: The Viral Video Of The Army Chief Paying Tribute At Sheikh Mujib’s Tomb Is From 2024
Claim A TikTok video claiming that Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15 has gone viral. August 15 is National Mourning Day in Bangladesh, commemorating the 1975 assassination of Bangabandhu and most of his family, making the alleged tribute by a high-ranking military official particularly significant. The…
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Fact Check: Video Circulated As A Recent Awami League Rally Is An Old Video
Claim Recently, a video titled “All Awami League workers have taken to the streets, now the Awami League is about to come to power” was circulated on TikTok’s social media platform. The video was claimed to be of a recent rally by the Awami League, the political party that has been ousted from power and…
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Fact check: Bangladesh Police Forcefully Converting A Hindu Boy To Islam? Know The Truth Behind The Viral Video
Claim – Bangladesh police are forcibly making a Hindu child recite Kalima.Fact – The police arrested the child in a drugged state, and the child is not Hindu. Recently, a video was shared on the social media platform X (Twitter) claiming that a Hindu child in Bangladesh is being forcibly made to recite Kalima and…
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Fact Check: Indian Media Outlets Falsely Identify The Lynching Victim In The Viral Video As Hindu
Claim: This is a disturbing scene of a Hindu man getting lynched in Bangladesh.Fact: The viral video shows a Muslim businessman being lynched in Bangladesh A person is being brutally stoned to death -his horrific video recently went viral on social media. Many on social media claimed that the person being killed in the video…
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Fact check: Viral Video Falsely Claims Jamaat Cadre Throws Off Owner From The Building Over ‘Extortion Money’
Claim Recently, a video has been widely circulated on social media, claiming that a Jamaat cadre threw a building owner from his building in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar, for refusing to pay extortion money. See the posts Here, Here & Here. Newschecker has verified this claim and found it to be false. Fact-Check: Upon verifying the…