Author: Sayeed Joy
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Fact Check: No, The Viral Video Does Not Show A Hindu Boy Being Given Flood Relief in Bangladesh In Exchange For His Sacred Thread
Claim – An Islamist took off a Hindu boy’s sacred thread in exchange for relief.Fact – The boy whose amulet was taken off is not Hindu. A video recently went viral on X-handle claiming that an Islamist took off a Hindu boy’s amulet in exchange for relief. The video shows a Muslim man taking off…
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The viral video of burning the Quran in Sweden is old
Recently, a video of the burning of the Holy Quran on TikTok went viral, claiming that the Swedish government has ordered the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden. Check out some of the videos here and here. Recently, a radical right-wing person burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm,…
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No, Shirin Sharmin Choudhury has not been elected as the new president of Bangladesh
Recently, some videos went viral on the social media platform claiming that the Speaker of the National Parliament of Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Choudhury, has been appointed as the new President of Bangladesh. Watch the videos here and here. Newschecker verified the claim as false. Fact Check/ Verification With the keyword search, we found a report…
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The information circulated on Facebook regarding the Land Act Pass is fake
Recently, a social media viral post claimed that the Land Act had been passed, and it has come into effect from January 10 this year and is being circulated on Facebook with 13 points. See some of the posts published here, here, and here. Newschecker verified the claim as false. Fact-Check/ Verification With the key-word…
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An old image of airplane debris has gone viral as a recent plane crash in Nepal
After the tragic plane crash in Nepal, various images and videos have gone viral on social media claiming them to be showing the recent incident. A picture of an aircraft’s debris has been shared as the fatal airplane crash in Nepal. The description along with the viral image reads, 72 passengers were killed in a…
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No, this is not the Starlink satellite train seen in Kushtia
A viral social media content on Tiktok has claimed that the Starlink satellite train was seen in the sky of Kushtia in Bangladesh. The video has 15 thousand likes and 3 lakh 23 thousand views. Newschecker found the claim is false. The Starlink Satellite Train Starlink is an artificial satellite Internet service provider for rural…
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No, This Photo Does Not Show Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s Grandson
Social media users on Facebook are sharing an image of a teenage boy, claiming it to be the grandson of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein. The photo, which has been in circulation on the social media platform for a few years now, shows a teenager dressed in black, holding a gun, and a dog on…
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Viral Video Showing Plummeting Helicopter Is From Syria, Not Myanmar
A video of a helicopter crash is being widely shared on Facebook claiming to show a Myanmar army helicopter brought down at the Bangladesh border. Check out some of the videos here and here. Newschecker has verified this claim to be false. Fact-Check/Verification To verify the claim’s authenticity, we conducted a reverse image search with…
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The viral video shows a sculpture, not an actual snake skeleton
A video is recently going viral on video sharing platform TikTok claiming that it shows “a real snake skeleton”. Check out some of these videos here, here, and here. One of the viral videos, posted by user @shihabhasan202, has received over 58K likes and 1.3 million views. Newschecker has verified this claim to be false.…
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Viral Video Showing Capsizing Ship Is From Indonesia, Not Bangladesh
A dramatic video, showing a passenger ferry keeling over while passengers and crew are seen scampering to flee the sinking vessel, is going viral on social media platforms with users claiming that the video is from Bangladesh. “600 crores Taka Bangladeshi oil ship sinks! The ship burst as soon as it was loaded with oil,”…